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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas—arr.
Victor Lopez. What a gorgeous holiday ballad! A
solo trumpet eases you into the tune, followed
by lush lines in all the sections. This perennial
favorite is right on the money, with very playable
parts, modest ranges and tasty solos for trumpet
and tenor sax. Highly recommended!
2472221 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00
H My Favorite Things (from "The Sound of
Music")—Richard Rodgers/arr. Paul Murtha.
Equally at home on holiday concerts or any
performance, this popular tune from "The Sound
of Music" is arranged here as a jazz waltz. It
features a relaxed, easy-flowing swing style, a
melody that is passed from section to section,
and short written or ad lib solos for trumpet
and tenor sax. Optional reduced or expanded
instrumentations. Highly recommended!
10072787 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Nutcracker Swing—arr. Michael Story. This
is your swingin' holiday chart! The familiar
heralding brass opening transitions into an easy
swing feel with clear articulation throughout.
With easy rhythms and written solos for alto,
trumpet and trombone, this is an ideal holiday
concert chart for younger players. This chart
a best buy! Highly recommended! Optional
reduced or expanded instrumentation.
10071878 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
A Rockin' Merry Christmas—arr. Larry
Neeck. This hard-hitting rock version of Joy to
the World will bring down the house at winter
or holiday concerts. The fully-scored ensemble
writing is well within the capabilities of young
players or will be an instant crowd-pleaser for
more mature players with limited rehearsal time.
An optional solo section includes written solos,
and the chart sounds great even with optional
limited instrumentations. Rock your band and
audience with A Rockin' Merry Christmas!
10457921 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00
H Santa Baby—arr. Mike Story. One of the
finest arrangers for easy charts, Mike Story
brings this holiday standard to life for younger
players. With an easy swing feel, written solos
for tenor 1, trumpet 1 and trombone 1, and very
accessible brass ranges, this chart is ideal for
holiday performances. It's a cute tune, a fine
arrangement and it's very easy to rehearse and
play. Highly recommended! Optional reduced or
expanded instrumentations.
10277448 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town—arr.
Mike Lewis. Santa's coming to town, and he's
swingin' all the way! Mike Lewis has taken
this holiday chestnut and wrapped it up to fit
squarely at the easy level. Easy swing figures,
and effectively written solos for tenor sax and
piano add to the charm. Nice!
2474208 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00
4 Sugar Plum Swing (Dance of the Sugar
Plum Fairies)—arr. Mike Story. Tchaikovsky's
holiday classic is made very accessible here
for young jazz bands. Success is guaranteed
with this wonderful swing chart played around
148 bpm. The features include a written
tenor sax solo, well-notated rhythm section
parts, easy ranges, and all sections are
involved. With optional reduced or expanded
instrumentations, this is simply an excellent
holiday arrangement!
10756370 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
We Three Swing (We Three Kings)—arr.
Vince Gassi. Here's a satisfying arrangement
of a Christmas tune that will be the perfect
centerpiece of a holiday or winter concert! We
Three Swing is a jazz waltz based on We Three
Kings arranged with lots of ensemble for young
jazz groups and a written alto sax solo. The
quarter-note tempo is 138 bpm, it has accessible
brass ranges, and is easy to assemble. There's
an effective interlude after the solo without
the rhythm section with the drummer layering
back in and then the full ensemble returns.
Playable with optional reduced or expanded
instrumentations. Nice chart, nice feel! Highly
recommended!
10513867 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
Winter Wonderland—arr. Paul Cook.
Swinging just comes naturally in this holiday
favorite! The chart opens with a nice alto sax
and trumpet duet, and things really get cooking
with a fun solo section with the altos and tenors
trading fours. Easy swing rhythms and skillful
arranging make this enjoyable for the whole
band. You'll want to own this.
2442903 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
Ye Jazzy Gentlemen—arr. Peter Blair. Peter
Blair presents a clever adaptation of the familiar
holiday tune God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
for young jazz ensembles. The style is an easy
swing feel at about 120 bpm, the trumpet 1
range is to written E top space, there are no
solos, and there's a smooth modulation. This
accessible and well written holiday arrangement
is also playable with optional reduced or
expanded instrumentations.
10353486 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
H You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch—Albert
Hague/arr. Mike Story. Everyone knows this
fun song from Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch
Stole Christmas." Mike Story puts it right in the
pocket for young players with 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 3
saxes, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and 3 rhythm.
Optional parts are included for expanded
instrumentation. Highly recommended!
10028065 Jazz Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00
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Ultimately flexible
& highly recommended!
CHARTING THE
COURSE CHRISTMAS
COLLECTION
Six Holiday Charts
for Small Jazz Groups
arr. Ryan Fraley.
Young and developing jazz musicians
can now study, learn and perform
with these flexible instrumentation
Christmas and holiday charts for
small jazz groups arranged in various
styles. At the easy to medium-easy
grade levels, all arrangements are
set in three-part scoring with flexible
instrumentation provided for all three
parts in each wind book. Alternate parts
in every combination of transpositions
and clefs let you build your ensemble
from any combination of instruments.
The solo sections are provided with
changes, and also a mini-clinic for
each song with a breakdown of the
spelled-out chord progressions and
suggested scales to use throughout
each solo. Twelve transcribed solos
match the recordings note-for-note, and
twelve suggested solos give younger
players a starting point with themes
taken from the recorded solos. The 49
downloadable play-along tracks provide
every instrument an opportunity to sit
in with the recorded band. Not only
does this collection provide outstanding
performance repertoire for small jazz
groups, it is a wonderful teaching tool
for playing jazz and creating solos! Titles
include: Deck the Halls; Good King
Wenceslas; The Holly and the Ivy; Jingle
Bells; Up on the Housetop and Auld
Lang Syne. Very highly recommended!
10754108 C Treble . . . . . . . E-ME 12.95
10754109 Bb Instruments . . E-ME 12.95
10754110 Eb Instruments . . E-ME 12.95
10754111 F Instruments . . . E-ME 12.95
10754112 Bass Clef. . . . . . . E-ME 12.95
10754113 Tuba . . . . . . . . . . E-ME 10.95
10754114 Guitar/Vibes . . . . E-ME 10.95
10754115 Piano . . . . . . . . . . E-ME 10.95
10754116 Bass . . . . . . . . . . E-ME 10.95
10754117 Drum Set. . . . . . . E-ME 10.95
10754118 Score. . . . . . . . . . E-ME 15.00
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