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"Linus and Lucy" is a popular instrumental jazz standard written by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. It serves as the main theme tune for the many Peanuts animated specials and is named for the two fictional siblings, Linus and Lucy Van Pelt .
The recording sessions for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown took place at Desilu's Gower Street Studio in Hollywood on October 4, 1966. Guaraldi, the primary composer, led the sessions with a sextet that included Monty Budwig (bass), Colin Bailey (drums), Emmanuel Klein (trumpet), John Gray (guitar), and Ronald Lang (woodwinds).
The recording sessions for You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown took place at San Francisco’s Wally Heider Studios on August 22, 1972, featuring Guaraldi (acoustic piano, electric keyboards, guitars, vocals), Seward McCain (electric bass, flute), Glenn Cronkhite (drums), Tom Harrell (trumpet), Pat O'Hara (trombone) and Mel Martin (piccolo).
Additional tracks, such as "Clark and Guaraldi", a brief jam session between Guaraldi and Clark, highlight the collaborative dynamic of the recording sessions. Bonus mixes of "Peppermint Patty" and "Linus and Lucy" further demonstrate Guaraldi’s experimental approach during this period. [1]
Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits is a compilation soundtrack album by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio) released by Fantasy Records in 1998. The album was the first of several posthumous releases containing a mix of previously released material in addition to nine previously unavailable songs featured in prime-time animated television specials based on the Peanuts ...
Guaraldi was born in San Francisco's North Beach area, a place that became very important to his blossoming musical career. [2] [3] His last name changed to "Guaraldi" after his mother, Carmela (née Marcellino; 1908–1999), divorced his biological father (whose last name was Dellaglio) and married Tony Guaraldi, who adopted the boy. [1]
Guaraldi incorporated "Linus and Lucy" as the central theme for the Peanuts franchise, a piece originally recorded on October 26, 1964, with Budwig and Bailey for the album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. This earlier version is featured on the soundtrack album.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American animated Halloween television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.The third Peanuts special, and the second holiday-themed special, to be created, it was written by Schulz along with director/animator Bill Melendez and producer Lee Mendelson.