This great festive number a jazzy take on the most well-known of Christmas tunes, 'Jingle Bells'.

It begins its setting in a dark underground jazz club with the rich, luscious harmonies supporting the well known tune. But, the melody is perhaps secondary to the timbres and dissonances of this darkly elegant ballad punctuated by the solo cornet, a contrast of styles between the joyous lead and sober accompaniment.

Exciting

As it progresses it becomes more uplifting, with solo features from the trombone, before emerging into the bright lights of a big band set, with stride bass, crunchy punctuating rhythms and screaming trumpets.

The arrangement ends where it began, after the exciting musical sleigh ride comes to an end.

Rolling score

To view a rolling score video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbUMVuWFrNI

PDFs and Sheet Music

PDFs available for instant download:
https://www.brookwrightmusic.com/product-page/swinging-all-the-way-brass-band-dave-collins

Sheet music available from:
UK — www.brassband.co.uk
USA — www.cimarronmusic.com

Difficulty Level: 2nd Section +
Length: 4.00 minutes