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Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!

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Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
Studio album by
Released2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio
  • Avatar (New York)
  • Bill Schnee (Hollywood)
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length41:52
LabelGRP
ProducerTommy LiPuma
David Benoit chronology
Professional Dreamer
(1999)
Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
(2000)
Fuzzy Logic
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2000, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Jazz chart. The album is a memorial to Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who composed music scores for the first 16 television specials before his death in 1976.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Linus and Lucy" 3:06
2."Charlie Brown Theme"
4:18
3."Pebble Beach" 4:38
4."Linus Tells Charlie"David Benoit4:30
5."Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)" 4:34
6."Christmas Time Is Here"
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • Lee Mendelson
5:17
7."Getting Ready"David Benoit3:08
8."Blue Charlie Brown" 4:05
9."Red Baron" 4:28
10."Happiness"Clark Gesner3:47
Total length:41:52

Personnel

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David Benoit Trio

Guest Musicians

Production

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  • Tommy LiPuma – producer
  • Clark Germain – engineer
  • Marcelo Pennell – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – engineer, mixing
  • Koji Egawa – assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Ken Gruberman – music preparation
  • John Newcott – production coordinator
  • Robert Silverman – production coordinator
  • Yvonne Wish – production coordinator
  • Camille Tominaro – production manager
  • J. Arthur Thomas – business manager
  • Charles M. Schultz – illustration
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Watts Design? – design
  • Vincent Titolo – photography
  • David Benoit – liner notes
  • Lee Mendelson – liner notes
  • Larry Fitzgerald – management
  • Mark Hartley – management

Studios

Charts

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Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 2

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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