In his time, San Francisco-born pianist Vince Guaraldi, along with an elite circle of esteemed contemporaries, helped to further, and then ensure, the legacy of post-war Bay Area jazz. That his ...

Much less a Christmas record than it is a crucial staple of West Coast jazz culture, Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack possessed a dual cultural significance. Not only did it help ...

Piano notes ripple and percolate. A drummer’s brushes swish. A bass fiddle thumps to the rhythm. Voices are heard in small doses, literally. Children do all the singing. It’s peaceful, easy on the ...

A Charlie Brown Christmas isn’t just a beloved holiday special. The 1965 cartoon’s soundtrack by the Vince Guaraldi Trio is also one of the most popular Christmas albums of all time. Producer Lee ...

His debut as a leader, Modern Music From San Francisco, came in 1955 and was followed by a string of cool jazz trio releases for the Fantasy label, including 1957's Jazz Impressions, 1958's A Flower ...

Longtime Bay Area pianist Larry Vuckovich performs at Palo Alto restaurant and jazz spot Meyhouse on Dec. 6. Vuckovich, who studied and performed with Vince Guaraldi, pays tribute to the piano great ...

One of the greatest holiday albums of all time, Vince Guaraldi‘s score for the equally loved special A Charlie Brown Christmas, is getting reissued on October 14 via Craft Recordings. There are a few ...

Let's be honest, Christmas music is pretty polarizing, especially when you get bombarded with it in every store and commercial from October on. That goes doubly so for any of us who have actually ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In 1964, one year before A Charlie Brown Christmas brought cartoonist ...