Jambo

Paul Basler

Subtitle: For Clarinet Choir

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alry Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $22.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
String Bass (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Jambo is Swahili and translates as “hello.” The composition was created from extended sketches Basler wrote while living in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1993-94 as the senior Fulbright lecturer in Music at Kenyatta University.

Stylistic influences in the work come from his experiences with Kenyan choral traditions call and response and the joyful, optimistic and celebratory nature of Kenyans.

- Program Note from publisher

For Mitchell Estrin and the University of Florida Clarinet Ensemble.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor) - 20 November 2020
West Orange High School (Orlando, Fla.) Clarinet Choir - 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Carnival (2006)
Harambee (1998)
Jambo (2013)
Mangulina (2001)
Ngoma za Kenya (2009)
Symphonic Dances for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1997)

Resources

Basler, P. (2013). Jambo: For Clarinet Choir [score]. Alry Publications: [Seattle, Wash.].