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Lee Mendelson Film Productions Celebrates 75 Years of Vince Guaraldi Music with the Premiere Release of the Soundtrack to the Classic PEANUTS Specials
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Michael Ricci
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown / Charlie Brown All Stars! Available March 20, 2026, on Vinyl, CD, and Digital TWO SOUNDTRACKS on One Album, Plus Bonus Tracks not used in the Peanuts Animated Specials Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1976’s It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown AND the 60th Anniversary of the second Peanuts special, 1966’s Charlie Brown All Stars!, this Extended Soundtrack is Perfect for Any Peanuts or Guaraldi Fan. 2026 marks the 75th Anniversary of Vince Guaraldi starting ...
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Vince Guaraldi: Two Albums With a Latin Feel
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Best known for his success composing and playing music for the Charlie Brown and Peanuts TV specials of the 1960s, Vince Guaraldi actually had a struggling jazz career through much of the 1950s. Born in the North Beach section of San Francisco, he started out playing with local vibraphonist Cal Tjader in 1951. His first leadership recording session for Fantasy took place in 1955, when he regularly performed at the Hungry I nightclub in North Beach. He recorded his first ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vince Guaraldi
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Vince Guaraldi's birthday today!
By Derrick Bang Like most so-called overnight successes, Vincent Anthony Guaraldi—who forever described himself as “a reformed boogie-woogie pianist"—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 ...
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Minidoc: Vince Guaraldi in the Studio
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Vince Guaraldi is best known as the jazz pianist accompanying A Charlie Brown Christmas and other TV's adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. But Guaraldi was well established before those gentle 1960s holiday specials as a member of Cal Tjader's groups and the leader of his own superb trio. His biggest hit was Cast Your Fate to the Wind, the flip side to Samba de Orpheus, from his 1962 album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus. The hit won a Grammy for ...
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Craft Recordings Announces Definitive, Bonus-Filled Edition Of Vince Guaraldi's Original Soundtrack Recording 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'
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Chummy Press
Available on CD, digital, and a variety of vinyl formats including a 45-RPM pressing, a translucent orange pumpkin-shaped disc, and more Craft Recordings proudly announces the definitive edition of Vince Guaraldi’s evocative soundtrack to the 1966 animated television special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, from Charles M. Schulz, creator of the PEANUTS comic strip, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions. Remastered from newly discovered analog session reels, the album features seven previously unreleased alternate takes—all of which offer fascinating insight ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vince Guaraldi
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Vince Guaraldi's birthday today!
By Derrick Bang Like most so-called overnight successes, Vincent Anthony Guaraldi—who forever described himself as “a reformed boogie-woogie pianist"—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 ...
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Collectible Silver Foil Edition Of Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas Coming To Vinyl This Holiday Season
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All About Jazz
Ahead of the 2021 holiday season, Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a special vinyl edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio’s enduring soundtrack to the 1965 PEANUTS animated special. This collectible release reimagines the album’s classic jacket, wrapping it in an elegant silver foil. The embossed PEANUTS characters on the cover, meanwhile, have never been more striking as they gather around the Christmas Tree. Available for pre-order today, this limited-edition pressing hits stores on October 1st, while a ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vince Guaraldi
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Vince Guaraldi's birthday today!
By Derrick Bang Like most so-called overnight successes, Vincent Anthony Guaraldi—who forever described himself as “a reformed boogie-woogie pianist"—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 ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vince Guaraldi
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Vince Guaraldi's birthday today!
By Derrick Bang Like most so-called overnight successes, Vincent Anthony Guaraldi—who forever described himself as “a reformed boogie-woogie pianist"—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 ...
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Vince Mendoza: Renaissance
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the finest orchestral jazz albums I've heard this year is Vince Mendoza's Constant Renaissance (BCM&D). Recorded with a roughly 100-musician Temple University Studio Orchestra, the album is a Montana-sized canvas. Composer-arranger and conductor Mendoza is a six-time Grammy winner and has written arrangements for leading pop artists, including Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello. On Constant Renaissance, the full orchestra is joined by two major soloists—Terell Stafford on trumpet and Dick Oatts on alto saxophone. The music and the ...
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