Vince Guaraldi
Born | July 17, 1928 |
Hometown | San Francisco, California, United States |
Height | 5'6" (1.68m) |
Spouse | Shirley Moskowitz (m 1953 - 1970) |
Parents | Tony Guaraldi , Carmella Guaraldi |
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- With Christmas on Sunday, this weekend is your last chance to check out a half-dozen Milwaukee holiday chestnuts before they're gone.
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Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years
The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi's composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special featuring the “Peanuts” gang in 1965. Instead, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” became an indelible holiday tradition and so, too, has Guaraldi's music — perhaps even more so. “Christmas just doesn't feel like Christmas without hearing that album in the background,” said Derrick Bang, author of the biogr
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Vince Guaraldi’s ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Soundtrack Gets Elaborate Deluxe Edition Thanks to Newly Discovered Tapes
Vince Guaraldi’s music for “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” perhaps the most beloved of all holiday specials, is getting a surprising new multi-disc release thanks to the recent discovery of long-forgotten tape reels in the Fantasy Records vaults. The 1965 “Charlie Brown Christmas” soundtrack ranks among the best-selling jazz albums of all time, having been recently […]
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The Score of ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Was Lost — Now It’s Found, and Better Than Ever
It took 54 years, a pandemic, and one fortuitous FaceTime to find Vince Guaraldi's original recordings for the Halloween special.
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‘Tis the Season to Listen to an Unreleased Take of Charlie Brown’s ‘The Christmas Song’
To celebrate a new gorgeous release of Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas, we have a previously unreleased take of the Christmas Song for you!
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Vince Guaraldi’s ‘Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus’ Celebrates 60 Years With Deluxe Reissue
Out on November 18, the deluxe edition of the widely-hailed 1962 album offers 16 bonus tracks, including 12 previously unreleased selections.
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Listen To New Stereo Mix Of ‘O Tannenbaum’ From ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Deluxe Edition
Vince Guaraldi’s timeless score for 1965’s animated ‘Peanuts’ special has remained a holiday staple for almost 60 years.
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The top 20 fall movies to celebrate the season
Sit back, sip something pumpkin spice, and enjoy the autumn vibes of these quintessential fall films.
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Definitive Edition Of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ To Be Released
The new edition is out October 14.
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Listen to never-before-heard, unearthed version of A Charlie Brown Christmas song
Newly discovered tapes contained alternate versions of i"Linus and Lucy," the unofficial Charlie Brown theme song.
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Charlie Brown And The Peanuts Soundtrack: The Music of Vince Guaraldi
The iconic soundtrack to Peanuts is breezy, Latin-inspired jazz. This is the story of how musician and composer Vince Guaraldi came to make it.
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