A Very Swingin' Christmas

By Pennsbury's Jazz Attack. Donations go to Pennsbury Kids.

Required

Minimum donation is $5. Any amount above $5 is tax-deductible. 100% of project proceeds go to Pennsbury Kids. Pennsbury's Jazz Attack will be notified of your name and donation amount.

$ (round to the dollar)
Required
Play It Forward is a non-profit fundraising platform run completely by volunteers. We are free-to-use and rely on public donations to operate. Please consider making a supplemental donation to PIF so that we can continue to offer this service without a platform fee. Any amount given is tax-deductible.
$
Required
Required
Required

This is usually a 3-digit code on the back of your card (for AMEX, it's the 4-digit code on the front).

By pressing "Donate now", you agree to the terms.

$150 donated so far

Vinyl medium bronze e6ef4c04eb5bb0744a43c64ba21c5940e2a7ad8baf40f6dd98935371899357a8 Small cover image cropped

Play It Forward!

Icon fb 2d158bd982e41c4408e26fa4eee159d0433c455b3bb2af702973640bf5962904 Icon tw db2e65cce2842266caa13645dbf2777e6e6cae2adfb621524710cc76ed99afdb  Icon gp af73178a013b0c8edc778af0d1e5e17c01f18966d9bfd24dcdd382f9a834e3f9  Icon em 0685bfffa753f1899c149bdebd8f9a31eaf4cc33edd33cc7676325a933d688a0

Winter Wonderland

Tracks

  1. Winter Wonderland
  2. Frosty the Snowman
  3. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
  4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  5. Let it Snow
  6. O Tannenbaum
  7. Linus and Lucy
  8. Christmas Time is Here
  9. You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
  10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

2020 has been a turbulent year, but with the holidays right around the corner, we are finally able to experience a sense of normality. Of course, the holiday season is accompanied by the season of giving, and this holiday season, the words of Winston Churchill hold true: "we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

It brings us great joy to release this jazz-based Christmas album, which features takes on classic Christmas songs and songs from the Vince Guaraldi Trio. All the proceeds from this album go to Pennsbury Kids, which is a foundation local to the Bucks County area. Pennsbury Kids works exclusively with Pennsbury staff, specifically social workers, to solve the needs that are not able to be met with existing programs from the federal, state, county, or other nonprofit organizations. Pennsbury Kids helps students obtain their basic needs and participate in their school's community.

The album could not be possible without the work of pianist Kartik Kannan, guitarist Christopher Heitmann, bassist and drummer Brendan King, drummer Victor Sorace, and guest soloists Gregory Glatzer (clarinet) and Austin Massey (trombone). Special thanks must also be given to Christopher Heitmann for his help in editing all of the recordings to produce the works on the track, and to the entire Pennsbury Instrumental Music Department for helping us become the musicians we are today. We hope you enjoy the project, and thank you for your support both for us and Pennsbury Kids!

(After downloading the project, please look under the folder labelled "Christmas Jazz Album" to find the pieces.)