Christmas and Holiday Jazz Band Music

Arranged for the WDR Big Band (Germany), Richard DeRosa has written a beautiful masterpiece on this traditional Christmas favorite. Scored as a full ensemble chorale, this moving piece is filled with fluid

This much-revered Christmas carol set to a Latin groove will serve as an ideal addition to any holiday concert featuring your jazz ensemble. There are opportunities to solo for the piano and tenor

One of the most iconic holiday tunes of all time, The Christmas Song as composed by Mel Torme and Robert Wells is treated here in a masterfully constructed setting featuring a flugelhorn soloist.

Vince Guaraldi's touching ballad from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will feel as familiar as an old friend. This feature for vocal soloist makes a simply wonderful addition to your holiday concert! Vocal in

Here is a fresh, relaxed swinging arrangement of the beloved Charlie Brown Christmas favorite. Set in 4/4 and scored for small jazz ensemble, this setting shows off rich harmonic writing, hip swinging

With Comfort and Joy, the melody is generously passed around the ensemble to keep everyone happy, plus there is written solo space for tenor, alto, piano and some drum fills, too. The lead trumpet

What do James Brown in a Santa suit, this chart, and an ugly sweater party all have in common? They make Christmas funky! Deck the Halls with All Sorts of Funky is nothing but holiday fun. Written

Composed in the '50s, this entertaining holiday tune has been recorded notably by Kay Starr, and more recently by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. For vocalist and big band, this is a dynamic and swingin'

Add some funk to your holiday program with this soulful arrangement of the Christmas spiritual Go Tell It on the Mountain. Featuring the baritone sax player on partially written and improvised

A creative and outstanding chart by Alan Baylock on the traditional spiritual. Beginning with claps and foot stomps, it builds throughout and features a written alto solo and a lead trumpet range to written

This chart is a Latin treatment of the familiar Christmas carol and focuses on carols in a minor key. It also includes quotes from several other Christmas tunes, also in minor keys. At one point the lower

Here's a great little chart that will offer a lot of variety for holiday performances! Scored for flexible instrumentation small groups, it's a fun rock chart based on Good King Wenceslas with

Don't miss this holiday rock chart based on Good King Wenceslas! Beginning with an attention-getting fanfare, it's a clever setting featuring multiple styles and key changes

This chart is both original and fun! Using themes from Handel's "Messiah" woven throughout exciting big band shout chorus writing, this chart is truly an inventive take on a holiday classic! The solo

As arranged for the WDR Big Band, Rich DeRosa's arrangement of the traditional Christmas carol Hark, the Herald Angels Sing is a light, happy, easy-swinging chart that is playable by almost any

Written in a George Shearing style, this Frank DeVol arrangement was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1960 for her "Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas" album. The chart is written for AATTB saxophones

With a fun and lively New Orleans second line treatment, this setting of the traditional The Holly and the Ivy takes the familiar melody and transforms it into a great chart for holiday concerts.

This breezy, swinging arrangement in 3/4 meter, of the classic carol It Came Upon a Midnight Clear will be a hit on any Christmas or winter concert! The melodies are nicely stated over colorful

Flexibly arranged for three-plus horns and rhythm section, this combo chart features four great songs: The Fool on the Hill; In My Life; Lady Madonna and With a Little Help from My

Buckle your seat belts! This is a high-octane, punk-rock rendition of a Christmas classic. Your guitar player can bring out all his pedals and your tenor sax soloist can go crazy. Jingle Bells is