The 1961 Capitol Records recording of Christmas music was a smash hit for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. It contained arrangements by Kenton and Ralph Carmichael of traditional Christmas music. This particular arrangement is a great deal of fun to play. It moves through different keys and has a lot of interesting variations in it. A terrific chart! The original arrangements were written for 4 trumpets, 4 mellophoniums, 4 trombones, tuba, keyboard, bass, drums and auxiliary percussion. These are the charts we sell, but we've also included saxophone parts which take the place of the mellophonium parts. They work quite well. From Kenton's "Merry Christmas" recording.