Although Vince Guaraldis playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known; the composer himself remains largely unheralded. More than merely "the Peanuts guy;" Guaraldi cut his jazz teeth as a member of combos fronted by Cal Tjader and Woody Herman; and garnered Top 40 fame with his Grammy Award-winning hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." This career study gives Guaraldi long-overdue recognition; chronicling his years as a sideman; his attraction to the emerging bossa nova sound of the late 1950s; his collaboration with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; his development of the Grace Cathedral Jazz Mass; his selection as the fellow to put the jazz swing in Charlie Browns step; and his emergence as a respected veteran in the declining Northern California jazz club scene of the 1970s. Throughout; this welcome volume conveys the magic and legacy of one of jazz musics overlooked treasures.
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