Christmas Songs for Jazz Ensemble

Unleash the holiday cheer with this exuberant and swinging jazz take on "Deck the Halls"! This playful arrangement is a quick-learn and bursts with joyful energy, featuring catchy riffs and a driving...

Unleash the holiday cheer with this exuberant and swinging jazz take on "Deck the Halls"! This playful arrangement is a quick-learn and bursts with joyful energy, featuring catchy riffs and a driving...

With a nod to the wonderful David Maddux arrangement written for First Call, Bob has created a gorgeous version for big band. Every jazz band needs Christmas charts to perform. This one is beautiful i...

This magnificent scoring of Carol of the Bells by Rich DeRosa (professor of composition/arranging at University of North Texas) was part of a long overture originally commissioned by the WDR Big Band,...

Rich DeRosa, Professor of Jazz Composition at the University of North Texas, provides yet another wonderful Christmas arrangement to the Sierra Music catalog. DeRosa's delightful, contemporary setting...

Rich DeRosa continues to amaze us with his clever arrangements of traditional Christmas songs. This time, he has incorporated this Christmas favorite with a Wayne Shorter style/ feel, and the result i...

It would be difficult to find a more perfect holiday concert opener than this new arrangement by Rich DeRosa. It begins with a powerful and jubilant fanfare introduction that melds seamlessly into a f...

The 1961 Capitol Records recording of Christmas music was a smash hit for Kenton. It contained arrangements by Kenton and (mostly) Ralph Carmichael of traditional Christmas music. This particular arra...

The 1961 Capitol Records recording of Christmas music was a smash hit for Kenton. It contained arrangements by Kenton and (mostly) Ralph Carmichael of traditional Christmas music. This particular arra...

A loping, swinging version, featuring alto saxophone throughout. Your lead alto will love doing this chart. Very playable for most bands. Reasonable ranges and great shout choruses make this a very ne...

You'd better watch out, because Dave Wolpe's up-tempo arrangement of this holiday favorite really brings Santa to town! This one features the vocalist in a special way and includes a tenor sax solo pa...

You'd better watch out, because Dave Wolpe's up-tempo arrangement of this holiday favorite really brings Santa to town! This one features the vocalist in a special way and includes a tenor sax solo pa...

Wow. This is a tough, storming swing chart from the talented Linda Eder, and is not just for Christmas. The arrangement is a two-tune medley of Here Comes Santa Claus and Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

Although this chart was made famous by Vaughn Monroe in its own right, it is perhaps more widely recognised as the main theme in the Bruce Willis 'Die Hard' series of movies. The opening unison Trumpe...

Here's a swinging chart of the Christmas standard as arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' This was arranged to feature a solo vocalist along...

Opening with a Broadway style fanfare before transitioning between a samba and swing, this fresh take on a traditional holiday favorite is as much fun to listen to as it is to play! Solo changes for A...

The perfect chart for your young jazz ensemble's first holiday program. This swinging arrangement of the holiday staple, set in 4/4, is perfectly scored with easy rhythms and comfortable ranges while...

Using a light and breezy Calypso vibe, this arrangement will be as much fun to play as it is to hear. There are several interesting melodic and harmonic twists that will keep everyone on their toes, b...

As a follow-up to his popular arrangement of Coventry Carol, arranger Tony Susi has taken O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and crafted it into a spirited Latin-rock arrangement called Rejoice! Great minor har...

Arranger Yukiko Nishimura reveals her distinct musical character through this arrangment of a classic Christmas melody. The goal for this chart is for the players to muscially resonate with each other...

Bass trombone feature on this old Christmas standard. This is a medium swing version featuring the bass bone all the way through the chart. Lead trumpet to high E. As recorded by the Tom Kubis Big Ban...

A splendid Christmas medley that will rock your stockings off. Includes I Heard the Bells on Chirstmas Day, Jingle Bells, Angels We Have Heard on High. A 'must' for any Christmas selection.