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Despite the wealth of Peanuts material Guaraldi recorded, only A Charlie Brown Christmas and A Boy Named Charlie Brown (both the unaired documentary and feature film) received official soundtrack releases during his lifetime. "I have always felt that one of the key elements that made A Charlie Brown Christmas was the music," said Mendelson in ...
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed " Bird " or " Yardbird ", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader, and composer. [1] Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, [2] a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, and features the voices of Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, and Bill Melendez. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Melendez, the program made its debut on the ...
December 21, 2023 at 3:01 AM. NEW YORK — To hear Philip Palmer, the literary curator at the Morgan Library & Museum tell it, the story behind the writing of "A Christmas Carol" sounds, well ...
Signature. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new ...
Wes Montgomery. John Leslie " Wes " Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. [1] Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb, and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy (Charles ...
Released: 1965 [7] Alternate cover. Fantasy 1988/2012 CD release cover art. A Charlie Brown Christmas is the eighth studio album by the American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). Coinciding with the television debut of the Christmas special of the same name, the album was released in the first week of ...
The beginnings of a distinct European style of jazz began to emerge in this interwar period. British jazz began with a tour by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1919. In 1926, Fred Elizalde and His Cambridge Undergraduates began broadcasting on the BBC. Thereafter jazz became an important element in many leading dance orchestras, and jazz ...