Vince Guaraldi

Vince Guaraldi

Vince GuaraldiVincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi (July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. Guaraldi was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Lincoln High School, attended San Francisco State University, and served as an Army cook in the Korean War.

While searching for just the right music to accompany a planned Peanuts television documentary, Lee Mendelson (the producer of the special) heard a single version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Vince Guaraldi's trio on the radio while traveling in a taxicab on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Mendelson contacted Ralph J. Gleason, jazz columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and was put in touch with Guaraldi. He proposed that Guaraldi score the upcoming Peanuts Christmas special and Guaraldi enthusiastically took the job, performing a version of what became "Linus and Lucy" over the phone two weeks later. The soundtrack was recorded by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, whose other members were Puzzy Firth standing in bassist for band member Fred Marshall, who was ill at the time, and drummer Jerry Granelli. Guaraldi went on to compose scores for sixteen Peanuts television specials, plus the feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown as well as the unaired television program of the same name.

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Total 103 sheet(s) found, listing between 0 - 20.
Song Added By Pages Instruments Sheet Type File
Christmastime is Here jameswhy (3)
1645d ago
3 Piano, Guitar, Vocal Original
The Easy Peanuts Illustrated Songbook bagish207 (216)
3027d ago
112 Piano Book
Linus and Lucy bagish207 (216)
3037d ago
8 Piano Book
Linus and Lucy inzanesuave (17)
3507d ago
8 Piano Original
Linus and Lucy inzanesuave (17)
3507d ago
4 Piano Transcription
Linus and Lucy inzanesuave (17)
3507d ago
5 Piano Original
Charlie Brown Christmas bachrockshard (7)
4102d ago
35 Piano, Vocal Book
A Charlie Brown Christmas visconti.chic (10)
4113d ago
35 Piano Book
Linus and Lucy elfena (9)
4336d ago
4 Piano Other
Linus and Lucy jshthor (5)
4491d ago
8 Piano Transcription
cHARLIE bROWN THEME rhendo (1)
4508d ago
3 Piano Original
Christmas Time is Here zuvesta (16)
4537d ago
4 Piano Original
Ginza Samba Jochembraat (5)
4544d ago
2 Piano, Guitar Transcription
Charlie Brown Theme Song cmh0114 (1)
4570d ago
3 Piano, Guitar Other
Main Theme SinginSarahB (5)
4583d ago
3 Piano Fake
Linus & Lucy amandah (19)
4609d ago
5 Piano Original
Cast your fate to the wind dalekar333 (7)
4630d ago
2 Guitar Transcription
Cast Your Fate To The Wind sooperjed (53)
4649d ago
3 Piano, Guitar Original
Linus and Lucy annhtran2000 (19)
4657d ago
4 Piano Original
Linus and Lucy pianoplayuhh (1)
4664d ago
4 Piano Original