Check out this very easy bossa played at around 138 BPM with a brief 3/4 interlude and plenty of optional parts. The meter change is no problem---it's easy to interpret. 'Christmas Tree Ride' features a written-out alto sax solo and trumpet 1 range to written E top space. (2:52) / Ensemble De Jazz

Young Jazz Ensemble - Grade 3 Although everyone plays it Jingle Bells was never as hip as in this jumpin' and jivin' swing version from Rick Stitzel. Not just your run-of-the-mill token holiday offering you won't find anyone in the audience sleeping through this one!

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Jazz Ensemble as recorded by the Big Phat Band is the perfect Christmas song to get every one in a festive mood.This swinging Christmas classic for big band features plenty of space for solos all over the band.

Four holiday favorites for jazz combo: Frosty The Snowman; Silver Bells; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow and I'll Be Home For Christmas.

Even before it was featured in the hit movie Elf this holiday favorite was bringing good cheer to the Christmas season. This straight ahead medium swing version will go together quickly and sound great with limited rehearsal time.

The touching and beautiful ballad from A Charlie Brown Christmas makes a wonderful addition to your holiday concert featuring a vocal soloist.

Originally heard in the landmark 1965 TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas the music composed and recorded by Vince Guaraldi has taken on a life of its own. Christmas Is Coming is a lighthearted yet driving composition in the recognizable ???Guaraldi??? style. Great choice for the holiday season!

Skillfully arranged in an authentic Glenn Miller style (and recorded by the Glenn Miller Alumni Band on ?In A Christmas Mood?) this outstanding medley includes the holiday favorites O Holy Night (in a jazzballad style) Joy to the World O Little Town of Bethlehem and an up-tempo swing version of Deck the Hall. Wonderful sounds from the swing era of the '40s in an entertaining holiday setting.

Santa is swingin' into town. Mike Lewis has taken this holiday chestnut and placed it squarely at the ability level of the young jazz player. Logical swing figures, written out or ad-libbed solos for tenor sax and piano, along with lots of ensemble make this chart essential to every library. Toss in a few modulations and you have the perfect holiday swing chart-accessible, recognizable, and easy to rehearse.