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2025 Fall Concert Band Catalog

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218 2025-26 Editors' Choice New Basic Library Available via ePrint Downloadable All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision Christmas & Holiday Selections | Very Easy & Easy/Medium-Easy Sleigh Ride—Leroy Anderson/arr. Mike Story. Ride on with this classic holiday tune scored for young jazz band accessibility. The style is a happy swing that will have your holiday concert audiences tapping toes and snapping fingers. Includes written melodic solos for alto and tenor sax, easy brass ranges, simple rhythms, and all the optional parts to include flute, clarinet, and vibraphone, plus it's playable with optional reduced instrumentation. Highly recommended! 10593749 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . E 44.00 Sleighing' It (Jingle Bells Goes Motown)—arr. Steve Parsons. This fresh take on the classic Christmas favorite Jingle Bells features a classic Motown groove and a cleverly integrated melody. Solos for alto sax and trumpet. Guaranteed to be the favorite on your holiday program! 11501883 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . E 50.00 Swing We Now of Christmas (Sing We Now of Christmas)—arr. Peter Sciaino. This traditional French carol gets a fresh and interesting "makeover" in the Swing style. It is always a challenge to write a new arrangement of a familiar carol, and Peter Sciaino does a great job of keeping the main melody recognizable while adding some harmonic and rhythmic shifts. 11615106 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . E 45.00 Too Cool for Yule—arr. Larry Clark. Everything you need for your holiday concert is here in this creative medley of Jingle Bells; Deck the Halls and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - all wrapped up with a bow! Solos for alto and bari sax. 11562043 Jazz Ensemble. . . .VE 45.00 Who Let the Elves Out? (based on Good King Wenceslas)—arr. Victor Lopez. Here's an accessible holiday chart that's set in a rock groove with a completely notated solo section for any of the horns. There's also an optional written-out drum set solo. An easy-to-prepare and fun holiday chart, this one also features some easily spoken "Who let the elves out?" chants. A very contemporary and cool groove for your holiday concert Highly recommended! 10011874 Jazz Ensemble. . . .VE 40.00 Wishing You a Merry Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Good King Wenceslas)—arr. Carl Strommen. After a short, smooth, legato introduction, the chart moves into a bright jazz-rock feel, weaving a tapestry of favorite holiday songs. After the intro, the piece stays in one tempo, allowing it to come together quickly, which makes it an ideal choice for the first holiday concert of a young ensemble. 11615237 Jazz Ensemble. . . .VE 45.00 You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch—Albert Hague/arr. Mike Story. Everyone knows this fun song from Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." This arrangement is right in the pocket for young players - a vampy, medium swing chart that features the familiar melody, easy written solos, and modest ranges. Scored for full jazz ensemble, it will also sound great with an optional reduced instrumentation of three saxes, two trumpets, trombone, and three rhythm. Optional parts are included for expanded instrumentation. Highly recommended! 10028065 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . E 44.00 Christmas & Holiday Selections Medium-Easy All I Want for Christmas Is You—Carey & Afanasieff/arr. John Berry. Cowritten and recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994, this upbeat Christmas favorite has become a holiday staple year after year. John Berry provides a great-sounding and accessible version in a straight-ahead medium swing style with the melody traded around from section to section. No solos are required. Highly recommended! 10461384 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . 50.00 All Is Calm, All Is Bright (Silent Night)— Franz Gruber/arr. Blair Bielawski. Here is a fresh take on Silent Night for your jazz ensemble that brings colorful harmonies to the classic carol. Featuring a warm trumpet solo, this lyrical selection will make the perfect ballad for your next winter concert. 11393002 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . 45.00 Bell Carols on Break—arr. Rich Woolworth. This arrangement of the familiar melody is ingeniously re-shaped in 5/4 time with a style similar to the famous "Take Five". An extended Alto solo is presented in a comfortable straight-ahead 4/4. Even younger groups will be able to navigate the meter changes with ease. Perfect for that holiday performance when rehearsal time is at a premium. 11624014 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . 55.00 CHRISTMAS COMBO CHARTS Flexible instrumentations, familiar carols, and clever arrangements make these especially useful during the holiday season! Angled Angels (Flexible Instrumentation)—arr. Bob Turner. 10517614 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Chill Out Gents (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Flexible Instrumentation)—arr. Bob Turner. 10454515 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 First Funky Noel (Flexible Instrumentation)— Erik Sherburne/arr. Bob Turner. 11206064 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 The First Noel (Flexible Jazz Ensemble)— arr. Debra Stempien & Greg Turner. 11348690 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 48.00 Gettin' Funky on the Housetop— Erik Sherburne/arr. Bob Turner. 11399414 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Go Tell It on the Mountain (Flexcel Jazz Combo)— arr. Blair Bielawski. 11318282 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 45.00 God Rest Ye Merry Funkymen—arr. Erik Sherburne. 11572366 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M 50.00 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Flexcel Jazz Combo)— arr. Blair Bielawski. 11318284 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 45.00 Jazz Combo Pak No. 27 (Christmas)—arr. Frank Mantooth. 2328458 Combo with Online Audio Access (3+ Horns & Rhythm Section) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Jazz Combo Pak No. 44 (Christmas)—arr. Mark Taylor. 10759372 Combo (3+ Horns & Rhythm Section) . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Jazz Combo Pak No. 47 (A Charlie Brown Christmas)— Vince Guaraldi/arr. Mark Taylor. 10909042 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Joy to the World (Flexcel Jazz Combo)—arr. Blair Bielawski. 11318288 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 45.00 Joy to the World—arr. Bob Turner. 11354664 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M 50.00 Mister Jingles (Flexible Instrumentation)—arr. Bob Turner. 10517612 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 Swing We Now of Christmas—arr. Steve Shanley. 11571901 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VE 45.00 Swingle Bells—James Pierpont/arr. Chris Sharp. 11401757 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Three Guys (We Three Kings - Flexible Instrumentation)—arr. Bob Turner. 10376428 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 50.00 We Three Kings (Flexible Jazz Ensemble)— John Henry Hopkins Jr./arr. Debra Stempien & Greg Turner. 11348694 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 48.00 We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Flexcel Jazz Combo)—arr. Blair Bielawski. 11318286 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ME 45.00 White Christmas—Irving Berlin/arr. Mark Taylor. 10283066 Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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