La Bamba

General Info

Composer: Ritchie Valens
Arranger: Diane Downs
Editor: Rick Mattingly
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: $35.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Xylophone 1
Player 4: Xylophone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Shaker
Player 9: Guiro
Player 10: Cowbell
Player 11: Timbales
Player 12: Bongos
Player 13: Congas
Player 14: Drum Set

Description

Founded and directed by award-winning educator Diane Downs, The Louisville Leopard Percussionists have been wowing audiences at national and regional conventions for years. In addition, they were featured recently in the HBO Family documentary The Music in Me in a segment entitled, “The Leopards Take Manhattan: The Little Band That Roared.” Here are the authentic arrangements by Diane carefully edited by well-known educator/author Rick Mattingly. Each arrangement is written with a flexible instrumentation based around mallet instruments, drum set, and a variety of Latin instruments.