Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday standard "Christmas Time Is Here". Guaraldi is also known for his performances on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's 1950s ensembles and for his own solo career. Guaraldi's 1962 composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a radio hit and won a Grammy Award in 1963 for Best Original Jazz Composition. He died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm on February 6, 1976, at age 47, moments after concluding the first half of a nightclub performance in Menlo Park, California.
Genre: jazz-piano, space-age-pop
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Top Tracks
- Guaraldi / Arr Jennings : Christmas Time is Here
- Great Pumpkin Waltz
- Linus and Lucy (Arr. for Trombone Choir)
- Red Baron
- Christmas Time Is Here
- A Charlie Brown Christmas: Linus & Lucy / Skating / O Tannenbaum / Christmastime is Here (arr. P. Murtha)
- Christmas 'Toons (from 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas,' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer')
- Christmas Time Is Here - Piano Version
- Christmas Time Is Here - Piano Version
- Between 8th & 10th on Mission Street
- Calling Dr. Funk
- Christmas Time Is Here (arr. J. Alexander)
- Christmas Time Is Here (Arr. G. Morgan for Vocal Ensemble)
- Christmas Time Is Here
- Christmastime Is Here (From "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
- The Great Pumpkin Waltz
- Christmas Time is Here (From "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
- Christmas Time Is Here (Piano Version)
- Christmas Time Is Here
- Detained In San Ysidro
Albums (40)
- You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown - Original Soundtrack Recording (2024)
- Looking for a Boy (2024)
- Lonely Girl (2024)
- It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording 55th Anniversary Edition) (2024)
- The Collected Jazz of Guaraldi (2024)
- The Complete Warner Years (2023)
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (50th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording) (2022)
- Linus And Lucy (Alternate Take 2) (2022)
- The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Alternate Take 2) (2022)
- Moods (2019)
- Oh Happy Day (2019)
- Linus and Lucy - Best Of (2019)
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Take 15) (2019)
- Silent Night - A Classical Christmas (2018)
- Golden Hits Vol 2 (2018)
- Golden Hits (2018)
- Imagine Christmas (2017)
- Linus & Lucy (2017)
- Cast Your Fate to the Wind (2017)
- Christmas at the Movies (1970)
- The Very Best of Vince Guaraldi (1956-1960) (2010)
- Peanuts Portraits (2010)
- The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009)
- Essential Standards (2009)
- Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues, Vol. 2 (2007)
- Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues From the Charlie Brown TV Specials (2006)
- North Beach (2006)
- Vince Guaraldi With the San Francisco Boys Chorus (2005)
- Oaxaca (2004)
- Vince & Bola (2000)
- The Grace Cathedral Concert (1997)
- Greatest Hits (1989)
- Alma-Ville (1969)
- The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1968)
- Oh Good Grief (1970)
- The Latin Side Of Vince Guaraldi (1970)
- Jazz Impressions (1970)
- From All Sides - Remastered 1998 (1970)
- In Person (1970)
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