Jazz 91.9 WCLK always plays Vince Guaraldi's Jazz compositions from A Charlie Brown Christmas as part of our holiday music. If there is a spare, melodic, piano driven Jazz Christmas song that you love, there's a good chance it came from this record. A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired on television on December 9, 1965, 50 years ago today.
You can read a fascinating article from Rolling Stone's Liz Pelly about Guaraldi's music for the show, and how CBS ended up showing a prime-time classic cartoon bashing the commercialization of Christmas, by clicking here.
You can purchase A Charlie Brown Christmas featuring the Vince Guaraldi Trio via Amazon at the link below and WCLK will receive a portion of the proceeds. Thank you, and happy holidays from your favorite Jazz station, Jazz 91.9!