"Kids and adults alike have loved the fiendishly detailed improvised jazz riffs and solos by the Vince Guaraldi Trio since the Christmas special first aired in 1965, and continued to air on network TV for 56 consecutive years (until Apple TV bought its rights). Image: Fantasy Records But the Chronicle has the surprising finding today that jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was a San Francisco native, and lived here when he recorded the famed ."
"A Lincoln High grad, Guaraldi recorded the three-piece jazz album in 1964, partially at the SF studios of Fantasy Records (which would later move to Berkeley, and serve as the recording place for Journey's and Green Day's .) And in another interesting aside, jazz legend Dave Brubeck actually turned the project down. His loss, as Guaraldi's distinctive jazz-children's music album went platinum five times, and remains the second best-selling jazz album ever recorded, behind only Miles Davis' (1959)."
Vince Guaraldi, a San Francisco native who grew up in North Beach, composed and recorded the jazz soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas while living in San Francisco. Guaraldi recorded the three-piece jazz album in 1964, partially at Fantasy Records' San Francisco studios. The album features the San Rafael Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Children's Choir on several tracks. Dave Brubeck declined the project; Guaraldi's album later went five-times platinum and remains the second best-selling jazz album, behind Miles Davis' 1959 Kind of Blue. The television special first aired in 1965 and aired on network TV for 56 consecutive years.
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