Christmas carols reimagined in 5 styles
Silent Night, Jingle Bells, O Holy Night and the other great public-domain carols, rearranged into 65 versions across five style families. Every version has its own page; every style has a playlist or a mix to play all evening.
The 5 styles
1.Big band and swing
Brass sections, walking bass and crooner vocals: the carols in the manner of the great swing orchestras, from slow torch songs to mambo. (19 songs)
2.Latin dance and Brazilian jazz
Salsa, cumbia, bachata, merengue, reggaeton and timba to dance to, then smooth Brazilian jazz and bossa nova for when the evening slows down. (22 songs)
3.Jazz lounge, funk and pop
The big mix: cocktail jazz, New Orleans jazz, blues, disco funk, rockabilly, surf pop, Celtic folk rock and Afrobeat highlife. (12 songs)
4.Middle Eastern Christmas music
Maqam, oud and hand percussion: carols recast with Moroccan, Turkish, Levantine, Gulf and other regional colours. (9 songs)
5.Luxury club EDM
Synths, deep bass and dance-floor builds: three carols for the holiday party. (3 songs)
Where the carols come from
Brief origin notes for each public-domain carol we rearranged.
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- A French carol, "Les anges dans nos campagnes"; English words by James Chadwick (1862).Versions: Big Band Swing · Colombian Cumbia · Salsa Gospel Fusion
- Deck The Halls
- The Welsh tune "Nos Galan"; English words by Thomas Oliphant (1862).Versions: Big Band Swing · Salsa Dura · Upbeat Pop Funk · Moroccan Gnawa Fusion
- The First Noel
- A traditional English carol.Versions: Gypsy Jazz Big Band · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Elegant Cocktail Jazz · Assyrian Traditional Fusion · Luxury Club EDM
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- A traditional English carol.Versions: Dramatic Big Band Minor · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Soulful Jazz Blues · Turkish Sufi-Inspired
- Good King Wenceslas
- Words by John Mason Neale (1853) to "Tempus adest floridum" from Piae Cantiones (1582).Versions: Swing Waltz Big Band · Merengue · Afrobeat Highlife
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Words by Charles Wesley (1739), sung to a melody by Felix Mendelssohn.Versions: Big Band Ballad · Bachata Moderna · Latin Pop Reggaeton · Gulf Khaleeji Pop
- I Saw Three Ships
- A traditional English carol.Versions: Big Band Swing · Cha-Cha-Cha · Celtic Folk Rock · Luxury Club EDM
- Jingle Bells
- By James Lord Pierpont, published in 1857 as "One Horse Open Sleigh".Versions: Big Band Swing · Mambo Big Band · Disco Funk · Egyptian Mahraganat · Luxury Club EDM
- Joy To The World
- Words by Isaac Watts (1719).Versions: Big Band Gospel Fusion · Samba-Reggae · Atmospheric Alternative Rock Ballad
- O Christmas Tree
- The German "O Tannenbaum", in Ernst Anschütz's 1824 version.Versions: Romantic Big Band Ballad · Mariachi Pop Fusion · Smooth Brazilian Jazz
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- The Latin hymn "Adeste Fideles", attributed to John Francis Wade (18th century).Versions: Jazz Noir Big Band · Vallenato · Traditional New Orleans Jazz · Lebanese Orthodox Chant Fusion
- O Holy Night
- "Minuit, chrétiens" by Adolphe Adam (1847), on a poem by Placide Cappeau.Versions: Big Band Torch Song · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Smoky Jazz Lounge
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Words by Phillips Brooks (1868).Versions: Hushed Big Band Crooner · Lo-Fi Bossa Nova · Smooth Brazilian Jazz
- Silent Night
- "Stille Nacht" by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber, first sung in 1818 in Oberndorf, Austria.Versions: Big Band Torch Song · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Smooth Jazz
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- An English cumulative song, printed around 1780 in Mirth without Mischief.Versions: Big Band Duet · Timba Cubana · Surf Pop
- We Three Kings
- By John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857).Versions: Big Band Trio · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Maqam Classical · Middle Eastern Trap Fusion
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- A traditional English carol.Versions: Cinematic Big Band · Zumba Reggaeton · Rockabilly Style
- What Child Is This
- Words by William Chatterton Dix (1865) to the tune of "Greensleeves".Versions: Big Band Waltz · Flamenco Fusion · Smooth Brazilian Jazz · Yemeni-Jewish Fusion