Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium Easy

Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse

"Jingle Jazz" is now available in this "Build-A-Band" arrangement for groups with limited or unbalanced instrumentations. This novel swing style arrangement of "Jingle Bells" will brighten up your holiday performances, and certainly be a favorite of performers and audiences alike. You'll need a minimum amount of rehearsal time to get this one ready for your holiday concert. Very cool!

The Build-A-Band Series provides educational and enjoyable music for bands with incomplete or unbalanced instrumentation. Written using just four or five parts (plus percussion), these effective arrangements will work with any combination of brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments as long as you distribute the parts so that each of the five parts is covered.

All of the publications in the Build-A-Band Series have been arranged to be playable with any instrumentation as long as each part is used: 1st Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part, 4th Part, and Bass Part. (Please note: In some of these arrangements the 4th Part, and the Bass Part are the same, making it possible to play those arrangements with only 4 parts.)

Also included are various percussion parts which are optional, but will add a great deal to the musical effect. The optional keyboard part can be performed on piano, electric keyboard or any other keyboard instrument, and will help fill out the sound of a small group. Optional guitar, mallet percussion and Timpani parts are also included where appropriate.