The Vince Guaraldi Trio

Craft Recordings delivers a newly expanded edition of 1964's Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, the first in a series of fateful collaborations between jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi and Charles M. Schulz's lovable Peanuts characters.  The 2CD set offers a fresh remaster of Guaraldi's initial nine compositions devoted to Charlie Brown and friends - including the immortal "Linus and Lucy" - and adds a bonus disc of 16 rare and unreleased outtakes. It's the latest in an incredible bounty of discoveries from Guaraldi's discography of late, including sonically upgraded reissues and premiere releases of many of the Peanuts soundtracks that would come after. Grammy-winning engineer Paul Blakemore has overseen the upgraded audio, with Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang supplying liner notes. (The original LP's liner notes by producer Lee Mendelson and Ralph J. Gleason will also be retained.) In addition to this set, the first 14 tracks on the bonus disc will be released by Craft on sky-blue vinyl as a Record Store Day exclusive.​ As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.