Saturday Morning Cartoon: 'Christmas Time is Here'
The graceful strains of Vince Guaraldi's jazz soundtrack to the TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" continue to be a emblematic part of the holiday season.The soundtrack was recently chosen for...
View ArticleCanadian Brass Salute TV Holiday Specials in 'Christmas Time is Here'
In a season stuffed with annoying Christmas songs and treacly carol arrangements, Vince Guaraldi’s jazzy soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas" has been a saving grace for many listeners. Such is...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Cartoons: Christmastime is (Almost) Here
It wouldn't be December without watching the 1965 Peanuts classic, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" once or twice or 20 times. The holiday classic features memorable tunes by Vince Guaraldi, including...
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You're in a Ford Commercial, Charlie Brown!
A Charlie Brown Christmas landed Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters in television history and gave us one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. This wasn't the gang's debut on TV, though. Five...
View ArticleA Charlie Brown Christmas: Jazz in the Animation Age
Since the introduction of sound synced to pictures, jazz and animation went hand in hand. Both the musical genre - born from the earlier ragtime and blues styles - and the short films pioneered by...
View ArticleVince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Nothing takes the edge off the holidays quite like the soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Vince Guaraldi. The jazz musician and composer always wanted to write a standard. And since the...
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