10 Best Christmas Jazz Songs & Covers For 2025

Planning a Christmas do? There’s a lot of excellent festive music out there, but there’s also a lot of cheese. It can be hard to avoid some of the very overplayed Christmas tracks.

If you’re looking for something a little more sophisticated, we highly recommend the smooth tones of a swing or jazz band to ring in this festive season!

With many classic tracks reimagined as jazz standards, our jazz bands can deliver a really special performance for you.

The perfect choice for your work do or holiday party, jazz is a timeless choice for any and every event. You and your guests can simply sit back and soak up the effortlessly cool jazz tones while sipping on a piping-hot glass of mulled wine!

Also have a read of our blog post about Christmas Party bands for hire 🎄

From classic favourites Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to contemporary hard-hitters Michael Bublé and Norah Jones, this list of top jazz Christmas songs will leave you feeling festive and calm – no matter how crazy the Christmas season gets.

We’ll take you through some of our all-time favourite jazz and swing Christmas songs and some Christmas pop classics reimagined in a jazzy style. You’ll see our top-class jazz bands performing some of these classics too.

Here’s our list of the 10 best swing & jazz Christmas songs...

1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by The London Jazz Trio

2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

3. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

4. Winter Wonderland by Jo & the Jazz

5. White Christmas by The London Orleans Band

6. Last Christmas

7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

8. It’s Not Christmas ‘Til You Come Home

9. Let It Snow! by Andiamo Duo

10. Jingle Bells by The Parma Violets

So there you have it, our definitive list of jazz Christmas classics! A perfect blend of old and new, all presented in the smooth tones of Jazz & Swing.