No one expected these songs of off-key melancholy, imperfect singing and seasonal disappointment to succeed, but nearly 60 years on, the jazz pianist’s masterpiece endures Vince Guaraldi’s career, or ...

Mendelson unpacks why the iconic special and its music resonate with us today It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which ...

Guaraldi's soundtrack for 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' became an instant classic It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which ...

Despite Lucy van Pelt's assertion that "of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Brownest," the main character in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" lives in a world of gray, not brown. 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 ...

Vince Guaraldi’s music for “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” perhaps the most beloved of all holiday specials, is getting a surprising new multi-disc release thanks to the recent discovery of ...

Growing up, nothing excited me more than the holiday season. I would plan out my Halloween costumes and make my Christmas lists as early as January, hoping it would make time go by faster. I loved ...

It’s that time of year. Most holiday Muzak seems to do little more than contaminate the air, but Vince Guaraldi’s contribution remains comparatively fresh. The four best tracks from “A Charlie Brown ...

Only a handful of jazz albums find their way into the collections of music lovers who would never call themselves jazz fans. Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is one, Getz/Gilberto is another, and Coltrane's ...

The greatest of all holiday specials, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” celebrates its 50th anniversary Wednesday, December 9. A few years back, I wrote about its soundtrack, which is some of my favorite ...