Lost late period Peanuts soundtrack sounds like a love letter from an old friend. Growing up in pre-Internet times, I often wondered what had happened to pianist composer Vince Guaraldi beyond the ...

Many a jazz fan was first exposed to the music through pianist Vince Guaraldi's soundtracks for the long series of animated television specials featuring Charles Schulz's evergreen Peanuts characters.

Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) has announced the release - for the first time ever – the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the timeless 10th animated Peanuts ...

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 ...

That’s even less likely now, as jazz recedes into the history books or the background of dinner parties, said Nathaniel Sloan, musicologist at the University of Southern California and co-host of the ...

In 1964, one year before A Charlie Brown Christmas brought cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s PEANUTS® to TV screens across America, the Vince Guaraldi Trio breathed life into its beloved characters ...

An exciting development from the crossroads of jazz, television and animation is the recent series of releases from Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP), masterminds behind the iconic Peanuts TV ...

If you were to pin me down, I would have to say "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is my family's favorite Christmas recording. Our children have listened to it their entire lives. My wife Kenda has ...

The series of complete Peanuts television special soundtracks put out by Lee Mendelson Film Productions continues to provide a treasure trove of musical delights for fans of Vince Guaraldi, Charlie ...

On Oct. 18, Berkeley’s Amoeba Music hosted a “Peanuts” listening party celebrating the 75th anniversary of the comic with special guests Jason and Sean Mendelson, the sons of “Peanuts” animation ...

You’ve likely watched the 1965 classic animated television special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends. If ...