Talk:Vince Guaraldi

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Tombstone

I removed a bad link to a picture of his tombstone... Did we really need that, anyway? Vince's tombstone -- Ben 23:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No real pictures of the man (non tombstone / stylized)? Maybe off of an album or something? Serpentes 05:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about copyright, but there's a picture of him on the page I linked above... -- Ben (talk) 05:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lets put a real picture of Vince here.. what about osmething like this one: http://morbid-curiosity.com/13ef1280.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lerxt1990 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture & Clarification

Thought I'd point out that the Charlie Brown Christmas CD has a couple pictures of Vince in the liner notes. I don't recall whether that's considered fair use, so I won't scan them in until I hear otherwise. For comparison, the page on Frank Sinatra has no pictures whatsoever of the man, so I suspect that the liner notes are therefore not considered fair game.

On another note, I saw this in the page: "After Bogas, noted jazz musician David Benoit, who has often credited Guaraldi and the original Peanuts Christmas special music for his interest in jazz." This sentence seems to be missing something, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Is it trying to say that David Benoit did the Peanuts specials after Bogas? 24.58.33.115 —Preceding comment was added at 16:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

VG Legacy

Only someone with no knowledge of popular jazz would assert that VG is best-known for Peanuts. He had had a substantial career both before and after that venture. If he's "best-known" for any single things it would be for "Cast Your Fate To The Wind," - a monster hit, covered literally hundreds of times, and as the article attests the reason that he came to the attention of the producers. Guaraldi won a Grammy and played with Cal Tjader - rather more significant achievements than the score for a cartoon.Sensei48 (talk) 08:09, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A bit more on the Peanuts association

In a video interview, Mendelson mentions asking a few other jazz artists (Brubeck being one) about doing it. Schedule conflicts led to VG doing it. He mentions that later, these artists expressed disappointment that they declined: see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZu5H4Wb_M about 1:40 into it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wamnet (talk • contribs) 15:30, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As to the Peanuts association - imagine being the guy that first heard Linus and Lucy. Yea, OK a lot of true jazz guys downplay common folk opinions. Recall music is communicative... the best communication is one that is universally understood.

And that ostinato in L&L, the intertwined rhythms of the right and left hand, and the way it turns as it reenters the beginning of the theme is sheer genius. I've heard very, very few pianists, even accomplished virtuoso players, get it right.

VG was very excited to do it. You can tell he was stoked. Listen to what Mendelson says about that phone call. You can feel it. Being a hack musician and producer even I can feel it. Been in the studio with artists when it happens. Happened with a Kid's song coloring book session with me; a 70 year old guy on accordion and 5 kids from a local middle school. Did a session later that year for the client with "trained" kids and that one sucked. There's a famous jazz bassist that said a lot of other players wouldn't take jobs 'cause they weren't "cool"...

And note in the Mendelson interview that the "exec's" and even he, felt the CB Xmas special sucked.

Never because of, always in spite of... that's true art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wamnet (talk • contribs) 15:26, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: The math of ages...

I am curious how Vince can be born in 1928 and die in 1976 and yet be 47 years old at the time of his death. Perhaps either his age or his date of birth can be checked and corrected? Wistar (talk) 22:14, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Album missing from discography?

I have a copy of one of his early albums, called simply 'Jazz Impressions', recorded in 1956/1957, and released in 1964 on Fantasy Records (3359 in Mono, 8359 in Stereo.) It was re-issued in 1987 and 1995, and again re-mastered in 2010. Can anyone enlighten me as to why this album is not listed in the discography? HardwareLust (talk) 16:56, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]