Every October I seek out my favorite fall jazz pianist — Vince Guaraldi — and I don't stop playing him until winter solstice. If you don't know his name, you'll surely recognize his tunes — he ...

Back in February 2022, not many people were thinking about Christmas. Fortunately, J.R. Bohannan had yuletide on the mind. It was then that the Brooklyn guitarist and pedal steel player deployed the ...

DJ Harrison funkifies Vince Guaraldi’s “Little Birdie,” André 3000 drops “New Blue Sun,” and Brittany Howard officially announces her LP “What Now.” DJ Harrison funkifies Vince Guaraldi’s “Little ...

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Barry Can’t Swim brings his already legendary live show to MBE. Plus a Vince Guaraldi song that has never been part of a “Peanuts” cartoon (that we know of). Barry Can’t Swim brings his already ...

We are kicking off the 2023 holiday season and the 830th Episode of Neon Jazz in style with Vince Guaraldi leading the march of a never-before-released Charle Brown Thanksgiving. From there, we get ...

It's story begins in 1965, when CBS asked producer Lee Mendelson if he could put together a Christmas special in six months. Jason Mendelson, Lee Mendelson's son, recalled: "My father called Charles ...

Let's be honest, Christmas music is pretty polarizing, especially when you get bombarded with it in every store and commercial from October on. That goes doubly so for any of us who have actually ...

Even if you’ve never watched the 1965 animated television special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” based on Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip, “Peanuts,” chances are you’ve heard songs from the film’s ...

The abundance of material included on these anniversary editions is indicative of how seriously Vince Guaraldi took his work on behalf of Charlie Brown and his gang. And the scrupulous sound as ...

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 ...