Mambo (from West Side Story) by Bernstein/arr. Sweeney

Leonard Bernstein Concert Band - Grade 4
rom one of the greatest musicals of all time, here is Bernstein's ever-popular Mambo in a carefully adapted and edited version that reduces some of the extreme technical demands of the original. This arrangement is notated in cut time for ease of reading and is scored a third lower. However, none of the authenticity or energy has been altered, resulting in a stunning showcase for concert or festival, or even an encore.
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[mydadknewilikebeans]

Nobody:
My band at last rehearsal: mAMbO

[soba_star]

I’ve played this song on every instrument used but the trombone and clarinet were by far my favorites to play for this piece

[LittleBlueJug]

I played this arrangement back in elementary school with our all-conference recorder band and, and let me tell you the percussion part where you bang your recorder on your partner for them to remember to yell mambo is hard as all heck.

[Tim_Hwang]

Legend has it, if you play this at 2x speed you will simply implode.

[jimberry]

Played this on 1st Alto Sax for two concerts this past week. Our Brunswick Concert Band played at about 2/3 this tempo and it was hard enough!!

[itsdoot]

Oh my lord. Trombones all the way, plus just got moved to second


MAMBO

[jayforerunner]

2:07 I love how rustic that band sound is.

[armagonarmagon]

I played second flute on this piece in North Carolina's High School All-State Band. This was an incredibly fun piece to play, and I would most definitely play it again!

[imprettykplays]

I played this last year!
TROMBONES ALL THE WAY

[thehutch]

The mallet too I’m just not good enough

[JJBerthume]

Fabulous performance of a fabulous arrangement of a fabulous piece! Bravo! 

[zozma]

My high school band did this piece as part of our marching band show back in 2000 (West Side Story). I played the tenor sax part back then. Fun times.

[savetheamazingcakes]

Gotta play alto sax 2 for this. I want to cry

[lintlickerben]

Any percussion instrument in this song is the best to play

[richardgarrard]

Me: *Thinks I've mastered syncopations*


Mambo: Amateur

[adamr.]

Playing this on trombone and it's one of the most fun pieces I've played

[eddytheeagle]

we love descending arpeggios on the bassoon part! had to tackle this after not even learning bassoon for a year

[Propsm]

This piece is a love hate relationship with me.



edit: nevermind i just simply love it


-a trombonist

[tobyhanke]

I have to play this piece for festival this week and my band is not gonna be able to at this rate.... so many hard parts. Even on third part.

[toffeeflake]

This is the song that played at my feild trip st the orchestra and we would say the “MAMBO!!”parts XD love this song