David Benoit - Here's To You, Charlie Brown 50 Great Years! (1990)

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Artist: David Benoit
Title: Here's To You, Charlie Brown 50 Great Years!
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: GRP[GRP–543 637-2]
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log)
Total Time: 41:54
Total Size: 248 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. Linus And Lucy
2. Charlie Brown Theme
3. Pebble Beach
4. Linus Tells Charlie
5. Frieda
6. Christmas Time Is Here
7. Getting Ready
8. Blue Charlie Brown
9. Red Baron
10. Happiness

Joined by bassist Christian McBride and drummer Peter Erskine in an acoustic-trio format, pianist David Benoit stitches together a modest but appealing ode to the music of Vince Guaraldi and the cartoon character that affected both of their careers. Half the compositions that make up Here's to You appear on Guaraldi's 1964 television soundtrack A Boy Named Charlie Brown. It's actually Guaraldi's original trio you hear during the opening 50 seconds of "Linus and Lucy," until Benoit's threesome splices in its own improvisation. A bit brief at 42 minutes, the package is nevertheless nicely understated and affectionately played. Some listeners would rather not have a holiday selection at the album's midpoint ("Christmas Time is Here," with harmonies by gospel act Take 6), but the intrusion is minor. Other guests include Chris Botti (adding a tasteful muted trumpet to a Benoit composition, "Linus Tells Charlie"), Michael Brecker (tenor sax on the swinging "Freda"), and Al Jarreau on the concluding "Happiness." --Terry Wood

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