Choir Secular
SKU: AP.49729
Composed by John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Christmas; Radio; Secular. CD. Alfred Music #00-49729. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49729).
UPC: 038081568164. English. Words by Haven Gillespie.
Jolly jing-a-ling-a's provide hip transitions and bright bookends in this jazzed-up version of the great Christmas standard. Kirby's arrangement fits the tune like a glove, and will last in your library year after year. Eight bars in the middle may be repeated as many times as desired, and opened up to include vocal and/or instrumental soloists, improvisation, scat singing, gradual stacking of written lines, etc. Just be sure to save a little something for the shout chorus that follows! SoundPax includes four horn parts, but easily adapts for rhythm section alone.
