DESCRIPTION:
The Berklee Batá Ensemble performs "E-lu-Banche" and The Percussion Department faculty and student perform "Conga de Comparsa/Iyesá."

"E-lu-banche" (Yoruba traditional)
"Conga de Comparsa/Iyesá" (Cuban traditional)

The Berklee Batá Ensemble
Rio Longoria: Itótele
Julio Santos: Okónkolo
Mike Ringquist:Iyá

Berklee Afro-Cuban Percussion Faculty and Students
Anne Caroline Silve: timbau
Takafumi Nikaido: quinto
Eguie Castrillo: timbales
Ernesto Diaz: tumbadoras
Sean Skeete: bombo
Julio Santos: Iyá
Rio Longoria: Itótele
Mike Ringquist: Okónkolo

Recorded live in the Percussion Department
Simon Katz: recording engineer, mixing engineer
Chris Geller: assistant recording engineer

Filmed by 21summit Productions:
Joe Barnard: videographer, editor
Emir Cerman: videographer