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A Charlie Brown Christmas

Celebrate Christmas With A Jazz Soundtrack

by DIG 9000
December 10, 2023

When it comes to creating the perfect ambiance for the holiday season, nothing quite matches the smooth, soulful sounds of jazz. Whether you're hosting a festive gathering or simply unwinding at home, a Christmas jazz album can elevate the atmosphere and infuse your celebrations with a touch of sophistication and warmth. The Sound of ...

The Ten Best Jazz Christmas Albums Of All Time

by Peter J. Hoetjes
December 5, 2023

As temperatures drop and days grow short, Winter is once again upon us. For those looking to listen to the sounds of the season without resorting to December's relentless slew of glossy, generic cash-grabs, jazz can be a breath of fresh, wintry air. You won't find (many) singers on this list, since most people already know ...

Vince Guaraldi’s Classic Peanuts Soundtrack Music Reissued on LP

by Mark Sullivan
November 18, 2021

When television producer Lee Mendelson heard jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi's hit single “Cast Your Fate to the Wind" on his car radio, he thought he had found the right composer for the soundtrack to the documentary on Charles Schultz's cartoon series Peanuts that he was working on. Guaraldi indeed turned out to be the perfect man ...

Vince Guaraldi

Born: July 17, 1928

By Derrick Bang Like most so-called overnight successes, Vincent Anthony Guaraldi—who forever described himself as "a reformed boogie-woogie piano player"—worked hard for his big break. The man eventually dubbed "Dr. Funk" by his compatriots was born in San Francisco on July 17, 1928; he graduated from Lincoln High School and then San Francisco State College. Guaraldi began performing while in college, haunting sessions at the Black Hawk and Jackson's Nook, sometimes with the {{Chubby Jackson = 7916}} / {{Bill Harris = 7445}} band, other times in combos with {{Sonny Criss = 5984}} and {{Bill Harris = 7445}}

A Charlie Brown Christmas

By Vince Guaraldi

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. O Tannenbaum 5:08 2. What Child Is This? 2:25 3. My Little Drum 3:12 4. Linus and Lucy 3:06 5. Christmas Time Is Here 6:05 6. Christmas Time Is Here 2:47 7. Skating 2:27 8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 1:55 9. Christmas Is Coming 3:25 10. F?r Elise 1:06 11. The Christmas Song 3:17 12. Greensleeves 5:26

Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas

by Marc Davis
December 19, 2015

A Charlie Brown Christmas is the corniest jazz-Christmas album ever made. And that's OK. It's even good. I know the dig. What Vince Guaraldi played wasn't jazz, it was lounge music. It was sentimental. It was lightweight. It was sappy. Yep. All of that. So what?

A Charlie Brown Christmas

By Vince Guaraldi

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: O Tannenbaum; What Child Is This; My Little Drum; Linus and Lucy; Christmas Time Is Here [instrumental]; Christmas Time Is Here [vocal]; Skating; Hark, The Herlad Angels Sing; Christmas Is Coming; Fur Elise; The Christmas Song; Creensleeves; Christmas In Coming [alt. take]; The Christmas Song [alt. take]; Greensleeves [alt. take]; Chirstmas Time Is Here [alt. take].

Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas

by Jim Santella
December 2, 2006

This 1965 soundtrack has become ingrained in our minds through repeated leisurely holiday seasons with the family in the living room. They're great memories, brought to us by a stellar jazz piano trio that was always on top of the situation. Together, they gave us a no-nonsense setting. Each traditional Christmas song and each Guaraldi original ...

Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas

by David Rickert
November 19, 2006

If you were born in the sixties or later, there's a good chance that your first exposure to jazz was through the Peanuts Christmas special. Today the whimsical music of Vince Guaraldi seems inseparable from this holiday classic, but it almost didn't happen that way; producer Lee Mendelson originally envisioned either Dave Brubeck or Cal Tjader ...