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Colin Bailey

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Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer at T.V. Channel 9 in Sydney. There he accompanied distinguished visiting jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan. In 1960, Colin met the biggest influence in his life as a drummer. Joe Morello came to Australia on a tour with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Colin was in the group that was opening for Brubeck. He says “I had heard Joe play on a record

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Jazz Impressions of “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Disc 1: Oh, Good Grief [Remastered 2025]; Pebble Beach [Remastered 2025]; Happiness Is [Remastered 2025]; Schroeder [Remastered 2025]; Charlie Brown Theme [Remastered 2025]; Linus and Lucy [Remastered 2025]; Blue Charlie Brown [Remastered 2025]; Baseball Theme [Remastered 2025]; Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair) [Remastered 2025]. Disc 2: Linus and Lucy [Studio Test]; Linus and Lucy [Take 3]; Happiness Theme (Happiness Is) [Take 4]; Pebble Beach [Take 7]; Baseball Theme [Take 1]; Oh Good Grief [Take 1]; Schroeder [Take 3]; Baseball Theme [Take 2]; Oh Good Grief [Take 1 / Later Session]; Schroeder [Take 2]; Blues for Peanuts [Remastered 2025]; Charlie Brown Theme [Take 4]; Blue Charlie Brown [Take 1]; Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair) [Take 1]; Fly Me to the Moon [Remastered 2025]; Autumn Leaves [Remastered 2025].

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

All About Jazz is celebrating Colin Bailey's birthday today! Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer ...

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: Linus And Lucy; Graveyard Theme; Snoopy And The Leaf/Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair); The Great Pumpkin Waltz; Linus And Lucy (Reprise); Charlie Brown Theme/Happy Linus; The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Reprise); The Red Baron/Military Drum March; The Great Pumpkin Waltz (2nd Reprise); Trick Or Treat; Fanfare/Breathless/Trick Or Treat (Reprise); Charlie Brown Theme (Reprise); Breathless; It’s A Long Way To Tipperary/There’s A Long, Long Trail A-Winding/Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag/Roses Of Picardy; Trick Or Treat (2nd Reprise); Linus And Lucy (2nd Reprise); Charlie Brown Theme (2nd Reprise); Linus And Lucy (Alternate Take 1); Graveyard Theme (Alternate Take 1); Charlie Brown Theme (Alternate Reprise Take 1); Linus And Lucy (Alternate Take 2); The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Alternate Take 2); Linus And Lucy (Alternate Reprise Take 1); Charlie Brown Theme (Alternate Reprise Take 2).

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

All About Jazz is celebrating Colin Bailey's birthday today! Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer ...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Side A: O Tannenbaum; What Child Is This; My Little Drum; Linus & Lucy; Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental). Side B: Christmas Time Is Here (vocal); Skating; Hark, The Herald Angels Sing; Christmas Is Coming; Für Elise; The Christmas Song; Greensleeves.

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Article: History of Jazz

Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Sauce: Adding Spice to Charlie Brown Vanilla

Read "Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Sauce: Adding Spice to Charlie Brown Vanilla" reviewed by Arthur R George


It's not simply that pianist Vince Guaraldi slipped jazz past the unsuspecting in composing A Charlie Brown Christmas, the evergreen “Peanuts" animation and soundtrack that has become inescapably part of the holiday. First broadcast in 1965, going on to six decades ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a tradition unto itself. It returns to television through ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Vince Guaraldi’s Classic Peanuts Soundtrack Music Reissued on LP

Read "Vince Guaraldi’s Classic Peanuts Soundtrack Music Reissued on LP" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


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 ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

All About Jazz is celebrating Colin Bailey's birthday today! Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

All About Jazz is celebrating Colin Bailey's birthday today! Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer ...


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