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 ComeAll Ye FaithfulFrosty the SnowmanAway in a MangerAngels We Have Heard on HighLet It SnowSilent NightThe First NoelGod Rest Ye Merry GentlemenO Little Town of BethlehemHark! The Herald Angels SingJingle BellsIt Came Upon a Midnight ClearWe Three KingsMistletoe and HollyWinter WonderlandGo Tell It On the MountainDing Dong! Merrily On HighJingle Bell RockHave Yourself A Merry ChristmasSanta 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 three 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." Sonny Ausman
So take the book out this Christmas season and have fun. And please "swing" on Steve's arrangements.