
Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum (via A Charlie Brown Christmas: OST)
Tis the season and all the rest of it.
How many kids got their first exposure to Jazz via this TV special? It imprinted on me at an early age, I’m sure. As much as I love the out-there stuff, I’m always on a constant search for a particular kind of warm, lazy swing found in Jazz tracks like the above.
“The [CBS] network hated it. They said, ‘Why are you mixing jazz music with traditional Christmas music?’ and just didn’t think jazz fit properly…when the show went on and we got a 50 share, which meant half the country tuned into the show that night, suddenly jazz and Charlie Brown were wonderful for the network.
-Lee Mendelson (A Charlie Brown Christmas executive producer)
via oldhollywood.