Desi Arnaz, Badass Babalu:
This gives me the opportunity to remind you that the So Percussion Summer Institute (SoSI) begins in Princeton today:
http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2015/07/classical_music_so_percussion.html
More about Babalú-Ayé here:
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