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This video must've been for a school project

OMG, he checks all the boxes at 7:02. Sunglasses - check. Elaborate facial hair styling - check. Doesn't even put the cigarette out during the on-camera interview - check.

There will NEVER be another like him...Bless you Vince... wherever you are...

This is my year for somewhat of an obsession with the music and life of Vince Guaraldi. I’m reading the big biography which is excellent. I’m listening to tons of his music, and fixing to learn The Great Pumpkin Waltz, The Charlie Brown Theme, and then Linus & Lucy, through the The Definitive Vince Guaraldi transcriptions. So grateful to be able to streams tons of versions of so many of his great tunes. His awesome Fly Me To The Moon is an absolute masterclass in jazz piano. The bonus is that he grew up and lived just an hour south of where I live - San Francisco. I feel like I live in somewhat of his backyard. He was also a friend of The Grateful Dead, and even appears in the ‘family photo’ on the back of their late 60’s album Aoxomoxoa!!! Vince is the man. I’m totally in love!! Thank you Vince!!!

I'm a jazz musician. I am pretty sure i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Vince Guaraldi. Only Bill Evans, Satchmo and Bird himself have influenced me as much as Mr. Funk. God bless him lml

#1 reason why KZbin is great. I get to hear Vince 👂

I don’t think it’s pronounced David Ben-o-it. I think it’s pronounced Ben-wah.

Fell in love with “CYFTTW” in ‘63 at age 13…just about the time the Beatles hit the US, too. Wonderful time for my teenage self…such a spectrum of music to explore! Thanks, Vince, for introducing me to jazz…and thank the Interwebs for letting me uncover so many wonderful, creative jazz artists who I still listen to daily!

Musically, the guy was awesome. I think he's even cooler that he scored a mainstream cartoon for kids, knowing better than most he'd be ridiculed by the snobbish jazz community.

I dare say, were it not for Vince Guaraldi, I would not have been able to appreciate Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, John Lewis, Lyle Mays, Dave Brubeck, Keith Jarrett, George Winston, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Jess Stacy, Teddy Wilson, McCoy Tyner...and the incomparable Theolonius Monk and Duke Ellington the way I have and still do with all their different approaches to the piano that, regardless of circumstances, produced all that great piano jazz both on their own and in collaboration with others (i.e. Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, Paul Desmond, Pat Metheny, Bola Sete and many others too numerous to mention). But Vince and his combos, whether working on the Peanuts specials or other albums, were the gateway music.

Surprised this doesn't have millions of views. Lovely look at the man and his chill tunes. Thank you. ✨

My musical hero.

David Benoit. It’s not Ben-O-It, it’s “Ben-wa.”

I saw this on my black & white TV when I was 16 years old in 1965. I still watch it every year, more than once. The story, the animation, the music and the message are the perfect recipe for feeling warm and fuzzy about love and family. I became a jazz drummer largely because of this and Jerry Granelli was the perfect drummer for the music. Like Woodstock, this could never be recreated.

Hearing many artists were influenced by Vince’s work (which of course makes sense) I immediately thought of George Winston and how I hear Vince’s style in his music. I can’t believe at 7:54 he was mentioned.

I find it sad that Vince Guaraldi is looked down on by some people in jazz circles because he scored the Peanuts specials. Personally, I think his music added something special to them. Peanuts is a rather sophisticated comic strip, and his scores reflected that. Listening to his music on those classics led me into loving jazz as an adult.

Not only was Vince an excellent jazz writer and performer, he grew an outstanding moustache.

I grew up in the SF Bay Area. I used to get up early in the morning to watch Vince Guaraldi on the local CBS affiliate when I was in elementary school. I think the show was called The Hungry Eye like the night club. I've been a huge fan every since.

Thanks so much for putting together this informative and enlightening exposé. Very nice and I loved it!

outstanding…i remember ‘Cast Your Fate to the Wind’ the way the rest of my peers did the Beatles that year; none of them had any inkling who the Sounds Orchestral were and wondered what was wrong with me listening to them and this Trane fellow over ‘She Loves You’; now, of course, they are all authorities on jazz in general and Vince in particular, but still haven’t quite caught on to this Tjader fellow over dreck like Miami Sound Machine and Julio Inglesias; and so it goes..

I was around 10 at the time I watched the Charlie Brown Christmas special on TV. I remember that the music that accompanied the show seemed natural and thinking through the music seemed the way it should be. I did not realize that the music was jazz at its finest. It was Vince's compositions that drove me to the piano and playing jazz.

You introduced me to Vince and Bola. Thank you so much.

George Winston's Guaraldi albums are fantastic.

5:57 "Some people think youve sold out, do you think you've sold out?" "I feel I've bought in."

Guaraldi was initially recruited to do the music for the Peanuts documentary "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", which no network picked up. The Christmas special came later.

I really appreciate that you put this together for everybody! Great job and a great intro for those who want to learn more about the man behind the Peanuts music!

I think his fellow jazz musician critics were jealous because Vince was talented enough to make money off his craft . He was damn good .He just got recognized for it more than others. And his deal with Peanuts specials opened jazz up to younger audiences

Thank you, Vince

Underrated is an understatement. All peanuts music aside, he is my favorite jazz artist by a mile. I cannot get enough of his music.

Great mini documentary on Vince.

7:00 man I've never heard the guy talk, kinda reminds of Poste Malone for some reason haha. Sounds like a chill dude

Fantastic mini-doc! Well done!

This is a magnificent documentary.

What a influence on my life! But I didn't know he had such stubby tiny hands.He is dearly missed.

Where did you find the interview for Vince Guaraldi at 7:03

I remember "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debut like it was yesterday. It made me want to be a jazz bass player.... Vince's tunes are still as fresh as they were back in 1965. RIP Vince and thanks!

Love your video and information. It helped us when we made an American masters parody for Vince Guaraldi: <3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzJh6CfpsmLjqc

Very nice but I would have appreciated some more on Vince's post Peanuts career.

*but could he play Chopsticks*

Do you sold out? No i bought in🤣🤣🤣 genius!!

Wonderful, perennial mood.

some of the stuff is false, im not gonna tell you but research it your self.

Great work brother

A wonderful retrospective on a timeless artist, but ruined by a the flat, inflection reading by -- of all people -- the creator of the film! Tragic...

good job and thanks.

David BEN - WHA

Thank you for this video. I'm one of the "born in the 50's child of the 60's" fans whom Guaraldi's music influenced. Loved it then, love it now, it had a big impact on me as a musician.

Glad to see someone finish a short film - actually about Vince!

BTW it's pronounced Ben Wah, not Ben o it! Lol! Kids!