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For our Christmas concert I am doing a jazzed up version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, but I have no idea how to do it! We have the original version with sheet music, but my director would like me to make it jazzy. I am tap dancing in the middle and have some back up singers, but mainly it needs to be really cool. Ideas?
Here is Dave Brubeck’s A Christmas Book, in it is a jazzed up version of that song:
http://www.4shared.com/file/29427218/ee858409/Dave_Brubeck_-_A_Christmas_Book.html?s=1
This song is already quite jazzy…when I sing it in my head i can just feel the bounce it gives off. Recommend doing notes off beat or with a swing at least. Kinda hard to tell ya how to do it without showing you music.
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If you search on the computer and listen to some versions of the song im sure you will find it.
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Try it as a shuffle rhythm
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Listen to the Andrews Sisters/Bing Crosby version, or the Dave Brubeck version. Merry Christmas!
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My music collection.
Here is Dave Brubeck’s A Christmas Book, in it is a jazzed up version of that song:
http://www.4shared.com/file/29427218/ee858409/Dave_Brubeck_-_A_Christmas_Book.html?s=1
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