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#1132394 - 11/22/06 02:55 PM What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
dpvjazz Full Member Registered: 07/12/05 Posts: 283 Loc: phoenix az	Christmas music is fun to play and everyone likes it and I was curious what Song,Hymns or Carols do you like to jazz up. Or do you have a favorite book with jazz arrangements? DPVJAZZ
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#1132395 - 11/22/06 03:12 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
lalakeys Full Member Registered: 07/05/06 Posts: 284 Loc: Chicago 'burbs	I love the Mark Hayes Christmas arrangements in his book "Well-Tempered Christmas". There's a jazz waltz, a gospel arrangement of "Rise Up Shepherd & Follow", and a couple of ballads ("O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Away in a Manger"). I use these at church gigs & parties, and people love them! $\:\)$ _________________________ Private piano & voice teacher for over 20 years; currently also working as a pipe organist for 3 area churches; sing in a Chicago-area acappella chamber choir
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#1132396 - 11/23/06 08:08 AM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
Bob Newbie 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 09/02/06 Posts: 1238	The Jazzed version of O Tannebaum(christmas tree) by Vince Guraldi..Charlie Brown
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#1132397 - 11/24/06 03:28 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
swingal 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 07/31/05 Posts: 1094 Loc: England	The best I can suggest and it is very good is Jingle Bells arranged and played by Thomas (Fats) Waller. Even some 'stride' in it.....brilliant. Alan
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#1132398 - 11/26/06 06:36 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
DThomas Full Member Registered: 09/04/05 Posts: 36 Loc: Granger, IN	I just got the Vince Gauraldi Xmas tunes--"A Charlie Brown Christmas"--and those arrangments are terrific. More generally, I think "A Christmas Song" has a wonderfully rich basic chord progression. Jazzed up, so much the better. David
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#1132399 - 11/26/06 06:47 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
U S A P T 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 10/20/06 Posts: 1645 Loc: An Indiana University	A Christmas Song Suzy Snowflake Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Go Tell it on the Mountain and that one that ends with: I'm Hardrock, I'm Coco, I'm Joe. _________________________ Full-Time Music/Entrepreneurship Major: (Why not compose music AND businesses?) Former Piano Industry Professional ********** Steinway M Roland Atelier AT90R ******** All Posts are Snarky Unless Otherwise Noted **********
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#1132400 - 11/26/06 10:24 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
Diane... 2000 Post Club Member Registered: 11/16/06 Posts: 2672 Loc: Western Canada	Amazing Grace (So many jazz arrangements) Silver Bells Winter Wonderland White Christmas Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow Mary Did You Know _________________________ http://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/blueonblack.jpg Diane Jazz/Blues/Rock/Boogie Piano Teacher
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#1132401 - 11/27/06 03:20 AM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
virtuosic1 500 Post Club Member Registered: 10/28/05 Posts: 523 Loc: NY	Quote: Originally posted by swingal: The best I can suggest and it is very good is Jingle Bells arranged and played by Thomas (Fats) Waller. Even some 'stride' in it.....brilliant. Alan [/b] Al, do you own any of these? Killer stuff!: http://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Peterson-Chr...ie=UTF8&s=music http://www.amazon.com/Verve-Presents-Ver...ie=UTF8&s=music http://www.amazon.com/Have-Yourself-Jazz...ie=UTF8&s=music I posted them in the Caroling thread, but they seem far more appropriate to be included in this thread. _________________________ My version of Lennie Tristano's "Scene and Variation": http://d.turboupload.com/d/1410287/R1_0010.MP3.html A downloadable file with examples of my jazz improvising (Accompaniament on Fender Rhodes, lead lines on Acoustic piano): http://d.turboupload.com/d/229801/R1_0001.MP3.html
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#1132402 - 11/27/06 09:39 AM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
hv 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 10/18/04 Posts: 1178 Loc: Chicago	Here's an interesting piano backing track you might like. It's my wife playing the tune, The Man With The Bag. http://www.sampletekk.com/proddemos/WG/ManWithTheBag-WG.mp3 This version strips away the vocals and percussion from the commercial version that's on I-Tunes to better expose the piano track. It kind of reminds me of JPJ in the left hand against a Fats-styled right. Howard _________________________ Ragtime Press
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#1132403 - 11/28/06 03:19 AM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
virtuosic1 500 Post Club Member Registered: 10/28/05 Posts: 523 Loc: NY	Quote: Originally posted by hv: Here's an interesting piano backing track you might like. It's my wife playing the tune, The Man With The Bag. http://www.sampletekk.com/proddemos/WG/ManWithTheBag-WG.mp3 This version strips away the vocals and percussion from the commercial version that's on I-Tunes to better expose the piano track. It kind of reminds me of JPJ in the left hand against a Fats-styled right. Howard [/b] \ Nicely done! _________________________ My version of Lennie Tristano's "Scene and Variation": http://d.turboupload.com/d/1410287/R1_0010.MP3.html A downloadable file with examples of my jazz improvising (Accompaniament on Fender Rhodes, lead lines on Acoustic piano): http://d.turboupload.com/d/229801/R1_0001.MP3.html
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#1132404 - 12/05/06 03:04 PM Re: What Christmas Carols or songs do you like to Jazz up
wolfindmist 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 03/12/04 Posts: 1478 Loc: In a state full of Volcanoes	I am still thinking about my reply to this timely thread... but will give this thread a bump anyway so it don't get buried down there. _________________________ I have my own weapon of mass destruction in the form of a "teenage" German Shepherd. Anything she spies and can get ahold of is fair game.
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