Swing Into Christmas

(Medley)-Three Christmas favorites combine in a 3-minute mini-medley that will dress up your holiday concerts with some jazz style! Great for jazz pop or concert choirs of all levels it includes: Getting in the Mood for Christmas I'll Be Home for Christmas Silver Bells. Available separately: SATB SAB 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1-2 tsx tbn bsx syn gtr b dm). Duration: ca. 3:00.

Swing into Christmas with this charming invitation to greet the Christ child. Welcome Him almost sings itself - gently jazzy and yet still choral. Add the rhythm and bass parts for a fresh sound addition to your sanctuary voices.Your choir and congregation won't be able to resist this one!

No one brings ?jazzy? styles to the concert band better than Stephen Bulla! Your band will go crazy over this swingin? holiday treat! Rise Up Shepherd also makes a great ?encore? closer for School bands that normally play harder music simply because it?s so much fun. The melody is passed all around the band letting everyone get a chance to ?swing? into the Christmas spirit.The exuberant joy is infectious.Irresistible!

Here is the perfect choice for an entertaining and unique holiday selection. Johnnie Vinson combines a light swing treatment of Jingle-Bell Rock a lush version of Frosty the Snow Man and a jazzy Here Comes Santa Claus into a terrific medley for young bands. Sure to be an audience pleaser!

Uses: Christmas Concert Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 - Luke 2:8-14 This jazzy neo-spiritual puts the cool in winter. A cappella except for an optional acoustic bass this anthem has an almost vintage swing approach and is a refreshing sonic change for any seasonal concert. Close harmonies and electric rhythms help propel this piece into the tapping toes of the audience. Schools and churches alike will enjoy this one!

This pop hit recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994 continues to be a holiday favorite year after year. Starting with a moderate tempo and lyrical introduction this very effective arrangement for young bands moves into an upbeat swing style with a nice variety in scoring textures and dynamics.

You'll create a magical Christmas dreamscape with this delightful 6-minute medley for SSA. Opening with the reflective 'I'll Be Home for Christmas,? it moves into a bouncy boogie-woogie 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,? into a swing treatment of 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!? and the sweet waltz feel of 'Silver Bells.? A gem! Available separately: SSA, ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 6:00. / Choeur SSA

Jazz for Christmas Series-New in the “Jazz for Christmas Series” is Doug Andrews' original choral “Happy Holidays” that melts into the ever favorite heart-tugging “Auld Lang Syne.” With a slight gospel-swing feel soloand a cappella section “Auld Lang Syne” takes on a fresh sound and is so fitting for end of year holiday or winter concerts. Doug has arranged this choral so that “Auld Lang Syne” can be sung separately if desired. Check out all of Doug's arrangements in this popular series.

Fifty years. 350 million readers in 75 countries. 2 600 newspapers in 21 languages. Four feature films and over 60 beloved TV specials. One cast of characters: Peanuts?. Lovingly rendered by the late Charles Schulz Peanuts is much more than a simple comic strip. Charlie Brown Linus Lucy and of course Snoopy have sneaked into our psyche and become international symbols of purity and happiness. Schulz created the characters but it was the music of Vince Guaraldi that gave them life. Pre-Peanuts Bay Area pianist and composer Guaraldi was best known for penning the standard ?Cast Your Fate to the Wind ? but his own fate would soon change; when producer LeeMendelson solicited him to score a documentary on Schulz and subsequent television specials Guaraldi's music became inextricably linked with Peanuts. Through the swinging beats of ?Linus & Lucy? on the soundtrack to A Boy Named Charlie Brown and the festive refrains on the holiday classic A Charlie Brown Christmas he and his trio introduced millions of people to jazz in the mid-'60s and far beyond. Now for the first time available with easy Piano arrangements this coffee-table quality songbook is a celebration of the art of Charles Schulz and the music of Vince Guaraldi. Within its stunning full-color high-gloss pages are: an introduction by veteran music journalist Hank Bordowitz which provides background on how the Schulz/Mendelson/Guaraldi collaboration came to be and reflections from fellow musicians influenced by Guaraldi's music; and Piano solo arrangements of 30 terrific tunes each featuring a Peanuts illustration by Schulz. The songs include: Baseball Theme Blue Charlie Brown The Christmas Song Christmas Time Is Here Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair) Great Pumpkin Waltz Happiness Theme Linus and Lucy Oh Good Grief The Pebble Beach Theme Peppermint Patty Red Baron Schroeder Skating and more. This book will be an absolute treasure for any Peanuts or jazz fan!