- Tailored arrangements for violinists at intermediate level (Grades 4-7)
- Written-out solos, perfectly in style and swinging!
- Wide range of jazz styles and influences, from swing to contemporary, including Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Vince Mendoza, and Diana Krall
- CD of full performances and backing tracksto help with interpretation and feel, recorded by violinist Ros Stephen and Nikki Iles
Violin Jazz on a Winter's Night is a Christmas album of stylish, swinging arrangements for violin and piano. Favourite Christmas carols and songs are given the complete jazz treatment, with rhythm, embellishment, grooves, and solos all carefully notated. The expertise of the arranger, a celebrated jazz musician and composer, guarantees an authentic jazz sound, and a range of styles from Nat King Cole to John Coltrane. While paying homage to American Christmas jazz, the collection also reflects a European tradition, in such time-honoured classics as 'In the bleak mid-winter'.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Noël nouvelet
Let it snow!
In the bleak mid-winter
O little town of Bethlehem
Balulalow
Sans Day Carol
Silent night
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Sussex Carol
The Christmas Song ('Merry Christmas to You')
