This time of year people listen to Christmas songs by pop, R&B, jazz, blues, country, and classical artists. Some folks enjoy carols, hymns and sacred music and may feel something is missing if they don't experience Handel's Messiah (The Hallelujah Chorus) at some point during the season.
My taste in Christmas music includes selections from all of the genres above. A couple of my favorites are "The Christmas Song," by Nat King Cole and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Ella Fitzgerald. By the way, this writer used Ella Fitzgerald's biography and recorded singing style to inform the jazz singers in the novels Intrigue in Paris and The Jazz Flower. There are no singers in my short story collection titled Indigo Tales; however, there are a few references to jazz music and musicians in a few of the stories. The three books I've mentioned here are available at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and IndieBound.org.
