Christmas and Holiday Jazz Ensemble Charts

Dallas Burke's chart on this perennial holiday favorite will be a pleasure for your band to play and your audience to hear! Set in a moderate tempo and generally subtle, this swing version can be worked up

Looking for something fresh and appealing to feature your jazz band on your upcoming holiday concert? Rich Woolworth's setting of O Holy Night is an appropriate candidate with its up-tempo swing

You'll want to play this superb holiday medley featuring Joy to the World; Silent Night; Deck the Halls and Greensleeves for sure! This chart can be performed with each tune

Here's an easy-to-play jazz waltz for the holidays with everything written out including a brief alto sax solo. The tempo is around 150 bpm, plus it has very accessible brass ranges and

Ride on with this classic Leroy Anderson holiday tune scored for young jazz band accessibility. The style is a happy swing that will have your holiday concert audiences tapping toes and snapping

Composed in 1963 and initially recorded by Andy Williams, this holiday favorite has remained immensely popular through the years and has been recorded by countless artists. Treated here in a light jazz

Perhaps no popular Christmas standard has the instant recognition than that of Frank Loesser's Baby, It's Cold Outside! Often performed as a vocal duet for a girl and guy, this versatile

Based on What Child is This? and O Come, O Come Emmanuel, this creative arrangement is for jazz ensemble with strings, allowing directors to combine the school's string orchestra with the

Arranged to feature a cello soloist or any other soloist, this warm and colorful arrangement is for jazz band with strings. The solo part is completely written, the ensemble has their turn with the

Paul Clark's clever arrangement of We Three Kings combines a string orchestra with a jazz band for a totally unique holiday concert experience! There are no solos, just heavy-duty,

Add the school's string orchestra to the jazz band with this creative and effective rock chart on this fun holiday classic! The melody is traded from section to section, giving each a "day" in a predictable

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

Set as a bright swinger at about 200 bpm, and originally arranged for the WDR Big Band (Germany), Richard DeRosa's arrangement of the traditional Christmas song Angels We Have Heard on High is an

This inventive Paul Clark arrangement cleverly combines the familiar Christmas spiritual with Beethoven's Ode to Joy theme. Opening with a beautiful chorale in a light gospel style, it then breaks

Here's a lighthearted jazz waltz version of the holiday favorite Jingle Bells that will be wonderful change-of-pace programming for any holiday jazz performance! Played at around 168 bpm, it

This holiday chart is a down-and-dirty funk chart based on the traditional favorite Angels We Have Heard on High. With a nice feel, it features syncopated rhythms, an interesting

Mister Jingles is a lighthearted jazz waltz version of the holiday favorite Jingle Bells that will be welcomed change-of-pace programming for any holiday jazz performance! Played at around

This holiday chart is a down-and-dirty funk chart based on the traditional favorite Angels We Have Heard on High. With a nice feel, it features syncopated rhythms, an interesting chord progression,

Jingle Bells meets Big Noise from Winnetka, complete with minor key and the drummer laying down a Krupa groove! It swings hard from top to bottom, has no solos, and is very clever. 

O Little Town of Bethlehem as a laid-back swing chart? Yes, Rich Woolworth makes it happen with this chart that remains playable and easy to work up in a short amount of time. There's also a nice

This infectious islands chart is sure to light up any holiday concert! Caribbean Christmas is a medley featuring Joy to the World, Good King Wenceslas and We Wish

Here's a great chart on a holiday favorite that will go together quickly and sound great! After a short intro it settles in at around 128 bpm and swings well. There are no individual solos,

Nothing says holiday concert like A Marshmallow World! Mike Story arranges this standard as an easy-to-rehearse chart that has appeal and a catchy, familiar melody. There are brief

Here's a satisfying arrangement of a Christmas tune that will be the perfect centerpiece of a holiday or winter concert! We Three Swing is a jazz waltz based on We Three Kings arranged