"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822?1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too "racy" (and secular) to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written. Although not originally intended on having any connection to Christmas, it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in general decades after it was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857. This jazz-swing arrangement for brass quintet includes the following parts: Bb Trumpet 1, Bb Trumpet 2, F Horn, Trombone, Tuba. There are two different keys (Bb and Ab) in the arrangement to meet all the quintet's execution capabilities.

This regal sounding fanfare piece serves to provide an exciting contemporary work for brass quintet. The royal themes and motifs in this work should be performed in a stately manner and not rushed. The work consists of two main fanfare motifs with several development sections interspersed throughout the piece. Throughout, attacks should be precise and clean. This work is a solid choice for a bright interesting fanfare piece that has been well accepted by audiences at church services and concerts where it has been performed.