Christas Presents CD Christa Grix

Christa Grix’s arrangements are elegant and serene, but with a touch of playfulness that makes each piece sparkle with creativity. The album combines contains a perfect mix of classics and Grix’s trademark jazzy arrangements, in which she’s joined by Kurt Krahnke, Bass, and drummer Pete Siers. Their version of Over the River and Through the Woods is delightfully toe tapping, and makes me smile every time I hear it. I also love the soothing Welsh lullaby Suo Gan, featuring violinist Andrew Wu, while the hauntingly beautiful In the Bleak Midwinter is perfect mood music for the snowy view outside my window.