Jazzy Christmas, A

Johnnie Vinson

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Drum Set
Sleigh Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here's something unique and fun for the holidays. Johnnie has taken three Christmas favorites and treated them in a jazzy swing style for flexible instrumentation. The medley includes: We Wish You a Merry Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Good King Wenceslas.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Festival Symphonic Winds (Singapore) (Leonard Tan, conductor) - 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

The Addams Family Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2011)
The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2005/2019)
Baby Elephant Walk (as arranger) (1962/2007/2013)
Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2016)
Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2017)
City of Stars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2017)
Disco Lives (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2009)
Disney Film Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
Disney on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
Eye of the Tiger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1939/2011)
God Bless the USA (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2004/2013)
The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
Highlights from "Jurassic Park" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993)
Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
Highlights from "Rocketman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019/2020)
Hogan's Heroes March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2012)
Jazzy Holidays (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
Jump, Jive an' Wail (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2010)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2017)
The Lord of the Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1997/2010)
Mars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2009)
Michael Jackson Hit Mix (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992)
Music from "Frozen" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
Music from "Frozen II" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
Music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
Nettleton (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2016)
O Mio Babbino Caro (as arranger) (1918/2011)
The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
Respect (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2019)
St. Petersburg March (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2008)
Selections from "Black Panther" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018)
Selections from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
Selections from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1980/2013)
Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2009)
Skyfall (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2013)
Soul Bossa Nova (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2012)
Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2018)
Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1891/2008)
Three Czech Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2010)
Thriller (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)

All Wind Works

The Addams Family Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2011)
And Hold in Memory... (2006)
America (as arranger) (1963/2018)
Armenian Rhapsody (2016)
The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (s arranger) (2012)
Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2005/2019)
Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2016)
Ballad and Dance (2004)
The Bare Necessities (as arranger) (1967)
Beguine for Band (as arranger) (1954/2006)
Born to be Wild (as arranger) (1968/2004)
Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2017)
British Invasion, The (as arranger) (2001)
Cahaba Dances (2015)
Charlie Brown Celebration, A (as arranger)
Cheerio March (as arranger) (1999)
City of Stars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2017)
Disco Lives (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2009)
Disney Film Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
Disney on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
Echoes of the Hollow Square (2010)
Eye of the Tiger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
Flourish and Processional
God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1939/2011)
God Bless the USA (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2004/2013)
Grand Galop (2013)
The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
Highlights from "Jurassac Park" (as arranger) (1993)
Highlights from "Les Misérables" (arr. Vinson) (1980/1991)
Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
Highlights from "Rocketman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019/2020)
Highlights from "Toy Story 4" (as arranger) (2019)
Hogan's Heroes March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2012)
Hooked on a Feeling (as arranger) (1968/2017)
The Incredibles (as arranger)
A Jazzy Christmas (as arranger) (2011)
Jazzy Holidays (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
Jump, Jive an' Wail (as arranger) (1998)
Jump, Jive an' Wail (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2010)
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (as arranger) (2002)
Kingsfold (as arranger) (2015)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2017)
Like a Mighty Stream (2016)
Limehouse Blues (as arranger)
The Lord of the Dance (as arranger) (1996)
The Lord of the Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1997/2010)
The Marches of John Williams (as arranger)
Mars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2009)
Michael Jackson Hit Mix (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
Mountain Country Dances (2011)
Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992)
Music from "Braveheart'' (as arranger)
Music from "Frozen" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
Music from "Frozen II" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
Music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
Nessun Dorma (as arranger)
Nettleton (as arranger) (2008)
Nettleton (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2016)
New Forest March (2009)
Newcastle March (1975/2002)
O'er the Land of the Free (as arranger) (2014)
Ol' Man River (as arranger)
Overture to "Miracle on 34th Street" (as arranger)
Phantom of the Opera, The: Medley (as arranger)
Pie in the Face Polka (as arranger)
The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
Remember Me (as arranger) (2017)
Respect (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2019)
Rey's Theme (as arranger) (2015/2016)
Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/2003)
Selections from "Black Panther" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018)
Selections from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
Selections from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1980/2013)
Selections from "The Music Man" (as arranger)
Selkie (2014)
Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2009)
Skyfall (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2013)
Smoke on the Water (as arranger)
Soul Bossa Nova (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2012)
St. Petersburg March (2005)
St. Petersburg March (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2008)
The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/)
Stille Nacht (as arranger, with Davis) (1818/1985)
Suite for Winds and Percussion (2009)
Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2018)
Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1891/2008)
Three Czech Folk Songs (1992)
Three Czech Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2010)
Thriller (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
To Realms of Endless Day (2011)
Tribute to Ray Charles (as arranger) (2005)
Variants on a Shaped Note Tune (2006)
William Byrd Portrait (as arranger) (2003)
Yakety Sax (as arranger) (1992)

Resources

Creative Repertoire Initiative
Johnnie Vinson website Accessed 13 May 2021
Vinson, J. (2011). A Jazzy Christmas [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.