Christmas Trombone.
The Caroling Book for Trombone Trio is a wonderful collection of 21 great Christmas Carols and Songs that will keep the party hopping, the audience singing and the spirit soaring all night long. Arranged by L.A. Philharmonic Sonny Ausman (straight tunes) and retired Professor Steve Sample (swing tunes), the music is within reach of most intermediate to advanced performers.
Included in the collection are:
Joy to the World O Come, All Ye Faithful Frosty the Snowman
Away in a Manger Angels We Have Heard on High Let It Snow Silent Night
The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen O Little Town of Bethlehem
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Jingle Bells It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
We Three Kings Mistletoe and Holly Winter Wonderland Go Tell It On the Mountain
Ding Dong! Merrily On High Jingle Bell Rock Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
Santa Baby
Sometime There are only Three
Growing up in Bessemer, Alabama I spent many a cold winter's night with my friends playing Christmas carols around the neighborhood and in remote locations on the front lawns of friends' and relatives' homes. It was great fun. There were usually only three of us. We just couldn't seem to enlist that one extra player. If we were lucky we had 3 trombones, but sometime there was a euphonium, tenor sax or bari sax substitute. Finding music was difficult. So we wrote arrangements taken from the hymn book and from other sources. This is the inspiration for this caroling book.
I wanted to achieve two goals in compiling this set of carols: that there would be plenty of them and that they would be easily playable for most trombonists - on cold December nights. With the help of my good friend, Steve Sample, I believe we have succeeded.
So take the book out this Christmas season and have fun. And please swing on Steve's arrangements.
