Biography
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist who composed music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday standard "Christmas Time Is Here". Guaraldi also performed on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's 1950s ensembles and for his own solo career. Guaraldi's 1962 composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a radio hit and won a Grammy Award in 1963 for Best Original Jazz Composition. He died of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on February 6, 1976, at age 47, moments after concluding the first half of a nightclub performance in Menlo Park, California.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965
Purple
1994
James Gang Rides Again
1970
Jazz Impressions Of "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
1964
The George Benson Collection
1981
Heavy Axe
1974
The Best Of The James Gang Featuring Joe Walsh
1973
The Royal Tenenbaums (Original Soundtrack)
2001
I Dream Of Christmas
2021
Watch Out!
1966
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music From The Soundtrack
2018
16 Greatest Hits
1973
Smackwater Jack
1971
And Then...Along Comes The Association
1966
Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
1962
Merry Christmas II You
2010
Exotic Moog
1969
Christmas Songs
2005
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1977
Toussaint
1970
Changes
1966
Guantanamera
1966
Tjader Goes Latin
1959
Vince Guaraldi Trio
1956
Credited work
2,902 releases · 479 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 5,144
- Other credits · 287
- Production · 63
Studios: Capitol Studios · A&R Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey