Vince G. has such an identifiable style.. It’s such a marriage of joy and wistfulness, while never overly sentimental.. He may not be highly esteemed by some jazz critics, but to my ears, he’s the Greatest..
Bob Saturday Critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton thought Vince G a lightweight. But does it really matter? There’s an endless amount of music and film that critics dismiss but opinions are like assholes- everybody’s got one
Its amazing that Vince is not more generally known and revered. I live and play in Japan and literally no one knows who he is - and these Japanese players go DEEP. So, I make it a mission to introduce him to every player I get the chance to. In fact, I just shared this, Samba de Orpheus, the Peanuts stuff with a bunch of guys last night which is why I'm here (again). Your description of Vinces playing - "a marriage of joy and wistfulness, while never overly sentimental" is so well said, and it really resonates with how I feel about his playing, and that of the trio. Swing on my friend.
@@bcdrummer1962 Thank you for the kind words! Yes, to me, Vince G. is like Chopin, and I love Chopin, in that his music makes me feel. Sometimes they're like emotions-- perhaps a longing-- that I can't quite put my finger on -- a feeling that I imagine everyone has sometime -- or it's the simple joie de vivre. But Vince G. is an essential artist. His recordings are desert island stuff for me. I think it's great that you're introducing the Japanese players to Vince G. He should be recognized as a world artist, especially with his Latin influenced work with Bola Sete. Brilliant beyond words.
Once upon a time long ago, there was no aggressive repetitive noise about, gang violence drug dealing, and crimes. In the good old days, there's was real music and so much Black excellence.
Man I saw this comment weeks ago and I have been thinking about it and it is so true. What is it that makes his playing so distinct? It can't be the specific piano. Is the use of diad chord voicings? I'll be damned if I don't feel like Charlie Brown is in the room one second after this man touches the keys
A great performance!! I’m ashamed to say, as a life long guitarist who prides himself in searching out great musicians, I just now, Today..discovered Bola Sete! R.I.P Vince Guaraldi. genius
in the late 60s during high school i worked in a steakhouse in Menlo Park where the trio played several times a week in the bar area. I got to know Vince during breaks in the parking lot smoking a joint and talking about life and his son who was in the military at the time. Great times to be a teenager in the SF Bay Area. BTW, one night when i got off early, i heard them play a 1/2 hour version of Cast Your Fate to the Wind. Took 10 minutes to know where he was going but i will never forget it. Had the same experience hearing Miles Davis for the first time doing Witches Brew at the Stanford Amphitheater about the same time.
Yes he was one of the best. In late 60's. I was on assignment for A large aerospace co. In the bay area, when my wife and I hopped to S.F. and took in his performance. Great nite.
Years ago while taking piano lessons, I brought a songbook with Guaraldi's Peanuts music to my teacher. She was classically trained, very experienced and very knowledgeable about music theory but she had never seen his music before. I remember her looking through the book and saying to me "he knows everything".
I have encountered so many classically trained teachers that simply box themselves in a bubble of only classical music. It is a real shame when a musician boxes themselves in only one particular style when there is so many rich styles out there with innovative chord progressions and melodies beyond European music.
@@eanico5551 Odd seeing that European Classical music is one of the sources of Jazz. Some early Jazz musicians were even trained in Europe. Harmonies, chord structures and the instruments came from European culture. One difference, that has now been debunked, was that Classical music stuck to the notes and did not improvise. Bach, Mozart, Clara Schumann and Chopin all improvised as part of their performances. There are copies of music from their time that left a open section for a soloist to improvise.
When an acoustic guitarist can sit in with your jazz band and not be drowned out you are an incredibly talented group of musicians. This is my kind of jazz music - I would love to play congas with this quartet.
Bola Sete was treated better outside of Brazil than he was in his own country due to racism. He came to America during the Civil Rights Movement and found his greatest success. I wish there were more videos of Bola Sete on solo guitar. Great player.
Strangely I was introduced to Bola's music through American finger style guitarist John Fahey's tiny record label. Bola's version of "let go" (Canto de Ossanha) is still a favorite of mine.
@@garyweglarz Wow. In college late 60's-70's I became a huge John Fahey fan as fingerpicking was mostly what I knew and his was so different than those consonant folky tunes. I've heard but seen little of Bola Sete but he is outstanding in this video.
Wow this man died 1976.48yrs old.his stuff still is better then just about anything.wtf who really was guys like him.and guys like buddy rich true talent
I attended high school in Stockton, California, in the mid-60s. About once a month my school put on after-school programs in our auditorium. Guaraldi and his combo were the performers at one of those programs. We enjoyed the music -- and his cool mustache -- but he had no profile. None of us knew who he was. But, of course, that didn't matter. This really was the first time I was exposed to a style of music that I would never have sought out on my own. As I walked home afterwards I could see him and the other two musicians loading their stuff up into a late-50s Studebaker station wagon. A couple of months later the first Charlie Brown TV special was broadcast. It was a unique feeling hearing the first few piano notes and realizing that I recognized his unique style without even seeing who was sitting behind the keyboard. At another after-school event the speaker was an elderly gent who walked in wide circles and spoke, all the while with his hands clasped behind his back. Most of the time he spoke with his eyes closed. Many years later I realized that our speaker was Eric Hoffer, who was recognized worldwide for his philosophy and thoughtful consideration of many important topics. He was also very active in the early unionization of West Coast longshoreman in the 1930s. I had read that he lived a very modest life. I tie these two memories together for several reasons. First, I regret never having the opportunity to thank whoever the hell it was at my school that arranged for those special programs. Second, the total cost of seeing both of these geniuses was 25 cents each. Finally, they both lived in San Francisco's North Beach at the time. Now I have to wonder if they ever crossed paths during their daily lives.
Thanks for sharing that Steve. Lucky you!!! My dad introduced us kids to jazz in many ways back in the 60’s. Vince Guaraldi was def one of them - he makes me so happy and sad at the same - sad only because of his early passing. Have to wonder what else he would’ve created.
AMAZING....so thrilled to have stumbled upon this...I have loved Vince Guaraldi ever since my Mom played his records when I was a child...many decades later....he continues to be one of my favourite musicians...and...yes...Bolo Sete is MARVELOUS..Thank you for sharing this !!
Me too. I miss Vince. I remember the day he died. I was ten years old. My parents were so upset when the story came on the news. My Mother teared up, and when I realized that the Charlie Brown jazz guy had died young, I started crying too; I loved A Charlie Brown Christmas so much, and it's still my favorite Christmas album after all these years. I remember my Dad saying, "but he was so young! What the hell happened?" My Mom especially was a jazz girl all the way. She and my Granny used to go see Vince and his trio play quite often. Ah, so long ago...
Guaraldi was a genius - his music was very interesting with tempo changes, rhythm changes and complex fingerings - Incredibly innovative song writer - Great 👍 video.
I've been playing drums since 1965. I started out loud in a rock & roll garage band, discovered jazz and never looked back. Jerry is the drummer that I still aspire to be. Subtle and precise as a scalpel. Wonderful!!!!!!!!
Wow, Vince and his trio with the awesome and great Bola Sete. I drink a little and smoke a cigar here and there, so I'm absolutely not passing judgement here, but too bad Vince was a three pack a day cigarette guy. He loved to smoke and he cut out at the age of 47 years old. Or, more accurately --- 47 years young. Four young pros playing live. A beautiful thing indeed.
These were my guys!! I still have an autographed album cover with all four fellas, VG, BS and Friends. (fun trivia: Jerry always had this way of sucking on his upper lip and zoning out, eyes half closed.) I think the SF venue was called Trois Couleurs.
Vince is the reason for my love of jazz music ❤️ nothing warms my heart and eases my mind than listening to his music. Would of loved to seen him in concert, thank you Vince
@ Stacy M. - I've been listening to jazz for some forty or more years now, ever since discovering it as a teenager in the late 1970s. During all that time, I have heard and seen (in person and on recordings and in videos) hundreds of artists, including all of the biggest names, and even after all of that, Vince Guaraldi remains one of my absolute favorites. Indeed, even though I already play guitar and bass, listening to him makes me wish I could play piano. Even his improvisations sound composed and thought-out ahead of time, they are are so perfect and gem-like. And his sound was wonderful; he always got such a nice tone out of the instrument with that touch of his.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 That’s awesome! You should definitely learn how to play piano :-) I played piano when I was a kid but I never stuck with it. When I was in high school, I learned how to play guitar. I would like to get back into it as well. I’m glad I’m not the only person who has a great taste in music :-) Cheers!
@@stacymarlene4148 - Hi there! Thanks for writing. Piano interests me, but we'll see if I have enough fuel in the tank or not to think about that. I'm sort of an old man now. Not sure I want to think about reading notation and all of that at my age. Well, sight-reading, is what I mean. I'd maybe learn enough to get by. You'd be surprised how many famous and brilliant pianists - especially in the genres other than classical music - don't read notation or read it only sparingly. Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, and so on. Guitar is a wonderful instrument, and I don't regret learning it, but it demands so much of you in terms of just learning how to produce good clean tone and articulation, and that's before you master its other intricacies. The genius of jazz guitar, Wes Montgomery, was once asked by an interviewer if he practiced while touring, and he famously replied, "I just open up the guitar case and throw in a piece of meat once in a while...." Piano is no less-demanding, but it is demanding perhaps in somewhat different ways. Everything is there for you. Rhythm, harmony, melody. Whereas a guitarist has to lose one hand to select/fret the notes, the pianist does not and can thus do more in terms of accompanying himself and others. And unless you are a complete foul-up, it is reasonably easy to project a decent sound and tone from a good piano. Did I say I love drums, too?? ; ) And trumpet, and saxophone, and.....
The fact that jazz critics didn't like him very much is reason enough for me to do so. His playing is whimsical and light...never overbearing. This is a beautiful song.
maybe they thought they were making their mark in life , letting everybody know how shitty of a life they lead to bring them down so low to do something that stupid
Guaraldi shows a different side of his genius here, as an accompanist. Guitar and piano often clash in groups where both are used, since they overlap roles musically and also some of the same parts of the sonic spectrum. But Vince complements Sete's playing wonderfully while still being himself. Lovely....
Woah youtube just recommended a video about the drummer for the Charlie Brown music Jerry Granelli from a few years ago, and I watched it, and was like I wonder if it's the same drummer from this set and it is! Very cool
V.G. plays piano soooo perfectly softly, he has excellent style with perfect rhythm. They wrap this song gently around your soul and take you away from reality for almost 8 minutes. Perfecto!!!
This is desert island music for me... could listen to this forever. Just so soothing and full of life at the same time. God Bless Bola and Vince. Admittedly, I love Bossa music, but discovered Vince from The Peanuts music. 🤣
BOLA was a costumer of mine in Sausalito in the 60's at HENRY'S BARBERSHOP. Drummer Jerry Granelli, we went to School at the same time. He sat in front of us at the Granada theater in SF with his girlfriend and I with mine. Saw the group in Berkeley . He stopped the group be cause he got mad at one of the guys.
They can't. They have blown out their hearing and can't hear anything below 200 th. I find I have far better hearing in my late 50s than most kids half my age. But then I was not and am still not a rocker.
A true virtuoso, so creative and subtle adept in timing when to stray or when to stay...A Charlie Brown Christmas is not only one of the greatest soundtracks or even jazz classics, but one the GREATEST ALBUMS ever!
This is REAL musicianship at it's finest,nothing computer generated and done with raw uncut unfiltered talent.I was only 13 when Vince died but i remember it like yesterday.May he always rest in peace
I can’t imagine - it’s so fun to follow along with him, even if just for a short while. Incredible rhythm and concentration (I wasn’t which of those to put first haha)
Absolutely beautiful , tranquil and sensual ! Vince and Bola were a gift to us all , real musicianship quietly executed with no tricks. So love this ! "BRILLIANTE" !!!
@@carlosmacmartin4205 no I'm impressed what was that like are you kidding me I'm jealous you're lucky man I can only dream of an environment where I walk down the street and I hear such good music you're very lucky man
Never heard this set before. Guaraldi, so natural, unpretentious. Learning Linus and lucy, seemed simple at first but the syncopation and clean notes not simple for me. Wonderful stuff! Ty, Vince!!
Awesome. Jerry Granelli on the drum kit. He is still at it in his senior years, performing and teaching workshops in Halifax, NS during the Halifax Jazz festival. It is a treat to see a video of his younger self.
Despite what other more knowledgeable listeners say, Vince G. and Dave B. are jazz home base to my ears. What a groove, could listen for hours on end. Taken way too soon :-(
Twenty years ago, I had to beg a university professor of Portuguese to write down the lyrics to "Ipanema" from the Getz/Gilberto LP, because I couldn't find the sheet music where I lived. Now, between Google and TH-cam I can find almost every Bossa I can think of, and watch them covered by brilliant performers like these fellows. The 21st Century has its perqs.
I wish I could hear this kind of music somewhere and sometimes in public, but, sadly I never do. What usually gets played, where background music is played, makes me cringe, or just vote with my feet. Thank God I can find it here, record it, and play it in my car when I have to take a trip, or at home on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
The last standing member of this trio, the drummer Jerry Granelli passed away at the age of 80 July 20 2021
RIP Jerry!!
IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN, MAY MR. JERRY GRANELLI PLAY FINE BOSSA NOVA WITH THE LEGENDS. ❤❤❤❤❤⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🙏👵
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Vince G. has such an identifiable style.. It’s such a marriage of joy and wistfulness, while never overly sentimental.. He may not be highly esteemed by some jazz critics, but to my ears, he’s the Greatest..
who are those guys that don't esteem Vince G ? tell me their names .
Bob Saturday Critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton thought Vince G a lightweight. But does it really matter? There’s an endless amount of music and film that critics dismiss but opinions are like assholes- everybody’s got one
@@thephoenix2304 ok , I'm goin to haveto look those guys up and have a talk with them .
we'll if they have opinions or if they just are assholes .
Its amazing that Vince is not more generally known and revered. I live and play in Japan and literally no one knows who he is - and these Japanese players go DEEP. So, I make it a mission to introduce him to every player I get the chance to. In fact, I just shared this, Samba de Orpheus, the Peanuts stuff with a bunch of guys last night which is why I'm here (again).
Your description of Vinces playing - "a marriage of joy and wistfulness, while never overly sentimental" is so well said, and it really resonates with how I feel about his playing, and that of the trio. Swing on my friend.
@@bcdrummer1962 Thank you for the kind words!
Yes, to me, Vince G. is like Chopin, and I love Chopin, in that his music makes me feel. Sometimes they're like emotions-- perhaps a longing-- that I can't quite put my finger on -- a feeling that I imagine everyone has sometime -- or it's the simple joie de vivre. But Vince G. is an essential artist. His recordings are desert island stuff for me.
I think it's great that you're introducing the Japanese players to Vince G. He should be recognized as a world artist, especially with his Latin influenced work with Bola Sete. Brilliant beyond words.
Once upon a time long ago, there was no aggressive repetitive noise about, gang violence drug dealing, and crimes. In the good old days, there's was real music and so much Black excellence.
I saw Vince Guaraldi many times in San Francisco at the El Condor club. I am now in my 70s and he is still an incredible artist as well as Bola Sete.
wow really your a luck person
@@guesswhoscomingtoyoutube you won the cat-ass-trophy
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Saw him many times? Did you ever get to actually meet him? I would've tried.
Lucky you. Love me some Guaraldi
I just love how you know that it's Vince playing within 10 seconds, such a brilliant musician.
It’s true what they say, “tone is in the hands”, so to speak.
Man I saw this comment weeks ago and I have been thinking about it and it is so true. What is it that makes his playing so distinct? It can't be the specific piano. Is the use of diad chord voicings? I'll be damned if I don't feel like Charlie Brown is in the room one second after this man touches the keys
@@TheMfmccarthy Diad Voicings for sure, but, also his particular use of the sustain pedal is very idiosyncratic to his sound.
It's called style.
Love how the drummer just lays down the mood and stays with it, no jumping fences, crowing on the roof...
Man you must be a player that was a great way to put it
i believe it’s jerry granelli
Jerry was a cool low key killer.
Well, he had a little fun with the clave.
Exactly!! Drummers take note!
A great performance!! I’m ashamed to say, as a life long guitarist who prides himself in searching out great musicians, I just now, Today..discovered Bola Sete!
R.I.P Vince Guaraldi. genius
Me too gratefully!
Check out Bola at the Monterey festival in "66" live performance...
in the late 60s during high school i worked in a steakhouse in Menlo Park where the trio played several times a week in the bar area. I got to know Vince during breaks in the parking lot smoking a joint and talking about life and his son who was in the military at the time. Great times to be a teenager in the SF Bay Area. BTW, one night when i got off early, i heard them play a 1/2 hour version of Cast Your Fate to the Wind. Took 10 minutes to know where he was going but i will never forget it. Had the same experience hearing Miles Davis for the first time doing Witches Brew at the Stanford Amphitheater about the same time.
You smoked a jay w Vince Guaraldi? That's wonderful!
Yes he was one of the best. In late 60's. I was on assignment for A large aerospace co. In the bay area, when my wife and I hopped to S.F. and took in his performance. Great nite.
Years ago while taking piano lessons, I brought a songbook with Guaraldi's Peanuts music to my teacher. She was classically trained, very experienced and very knowledgeable about music theory but she had never seen his music before. I remember her looking through the book and saying to me "he knows everything".
I have encountered so many classically trained teachers that simply box themselves in a bubble of only classical music. It is a real shame when a musician boxes themselves in only one particular style when there is so many rich styles out there with innovative chord progressions and melodies beyond European music.
True musicians appreciate all types of music.
@@eanico5551 Odd seeing that European Classical music is one of the sources of Jazz. Some early Jazz musicians were even trained in Europe. Harmonies, chord structures and the instruments came from European culture. One difference, that has now been debunked, was that Classical music stuck to the notes and did not improvise. Bach, Mozart, Clara Schumann and Chopin all improvised as part of their performances. There are copies of music from their time that left a open section for a soloist to improvise.
Love it, Dan...
That great😊
When an acoustic guitarist can sit in with your jazz band and not be drowned out you are an incredibly talented group of musicians. This is my kind of jazz music - I would love to play congas with this quartet.
In my version of Heaven this is the music that plays on the loud-speakers.
Guaraldi also plated for Cal Tjader! Excellent Jazz n Latin Jazz pianist!
RIP Vince 37 years ago today
I wish more people my age would appreciate the brilliance of this kind of music.
I totally understand you, Lil Pump is my favourite Jazz artist these days
LOL, you baited me... 30 seconds if mind boggling IQ loss I will never get back!
Jim Bastian do you know what jazz is
I do :-) ...i am 44
So freakin' good! He was one of the greatest.
Reminds me of days of my youth.....
Far and away my favorite Jazz pianist.
So melodic and musical!
Right up there with McCoy Tyner for me, tied
Bola Sete was treated better outside of Brazil than he was in his own country due to racism. He came to America during the Civil Rights Movement and found his greatest success. I wish there were more videos of Bola Sete on solo guitar. Great player.
Strangely I was introduced to Bola's music through American finger style guitarist John Fahey's tiny record label. Bola's version of "let go" (Canto de Ossanha) is still a favorite of mine.
@@garyweglarz, just listened to "Let Go"! Loved it. Thanks for the introduction.
Yeah I agree with you. In fact Bola Sete have deeply influenced Earl Klugh in terms of style of playing and the kind of classical guitar that he used.
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RACISM??? THIS IS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.
@@garyweglarz Wow. In college late 60's-70's I became a huge John Fahey fan as fingerpicking was mostly what I knew and his was so different than those consonant folky tunes. I've heard but seen little of Bola Sete but he is outstanding in this video.
Vince Gauraldi and Lyle Mays are my two favorite keys players - both played the sounds of heaven. RIP, both.
"What Was"
what a gem to find this old reel, so wonderful
Wow this man died 1976.48yrs old.his stuff still is better then just about anything.wtf who really was guys like him.and guys like buddy rich true talent
Words fail me, it's just so fine...
Ahh, this puts me in my dad's study while he smoked a Silva Thin and puttered around with his hi-fi, his evening sherry sitting on his desk.
Lovely memories for you.
I attended high school in Stockton, California, in the mid-60s. About once a month my school put on after-school programs in our auditorium. Guaraldi and his combo were the performers at one of those programs. We enjoyed the music -- and his cool mustache -- but he had no profile. None of us knew who he was. But, of course, that didn't matter.
This really was the first time I was exposed to a style of music that I would never have sought out on my own. As I walked home afterwards I could see him and the other two musicians loading their stuff up into a late-50s Studebaker station wagon.
A couple of months later the first Charlie Brown TV special was broadcast. It was a unique feeling hearing the first few piano notes and realizing that I recognized his unique style without even seeing who was sitting behind the keyboard.
At another after-school event the speaker was an elderly gent who walked in wide circles and spoke, all the while with his hands clasped behind his back. Most of the time he spoke with his eyes closed.
Many years later I realized that our speaker was Eric Hoffer, who was recognized worldwide for his philosophy and thoughtful consideration of many important topics. He was also very active in the early unionization of West Coast longshoreman in the 1930s. I had read that he lived a very modest life.
I tie these two memories together for several reasons. First, I regret never having the opportunity to thank whoever the hell it was at my school that arranged for those special programs. Second, the total cost of seeing both of these geniuses was 25 cents each. Finally, they both lived in San Francisco's North Beach at the time. Now I have to wonder if they ever crossed paths during their daily lives.
Thanks for sharing that
Steve. Lucky you!!! My dad introduced us kids to jazz in many ways back in the 60’s. Vince Guaraldi was def one of them - he makes me so happy and sad at the same - sad only because of his early passing. Have to wonder what else he would’ve created.
This music is like palm trees and sand on a beautiful day. It transports the listener to Latin jazz island via a sea of smooth sailing and joy.
AMAZING....so thrilled to have stumbled upon this...I have loved Vince Guaraldi ever since my Mom played his records when I was a child...many decades later....he continues to be one of my favourite musicians...and...yes...Bolo Sete is MARVELOUS..Thank you for sharing this !!
I just went to heaven and back. Thank you, God, for this. Oh, and thank you to whoever posted it, the musicians, producers, etc. Well, God.
Guaraldi was one hell of a pianist. I like his solos much, melodic and swinging. Yeah!
I'm filled with a bittersweet nostalgia and loneliness.
Same. I miss him like I knew him.
Me too. I miss Vince. I remember the day he died. I was ten years old. My parents were so upset when the story came on the news. My Mother teared up, and when I realized that the Charlie Brown jazz guy had died young, I started crying too; I loved A Charlie Brown Christmas so much, and it's still my favorite Christmas album after all these years. I remember my Dad saying, "but he was so young! What the hell happened?" My Mom especially was a jazz girl all the way. She and my Granny used to go see Vince and his trio play quite often. Ah, so long ago...
Guaraldi was a genius - his music was very interesting with tempo changes, rhythm changes and complex fingerings - Incredibly innovative song writer - Great 👍 video.
I've been playing drums since 1965. I started out loud in a rock & roll garage band, discovered jazz and never looked back. Jerry is the drummer that I still aspire to be. Subtle and precise as a scalpel. Wonderful!!!!!!!!
Wow, Vince and his trio with the awesome and great Bola Sete. I drink a little and smoke a cigar here and there, so I'm absolutely not passing judgement here, but too bad Vince was a three pack a day cigarette guy. He loved to smoke and he cut out at the age of 47 years old. Or, more accurately --- 47 years young. Four young pros playing live. A beautiful thing indeed.
Vince was just so good. So smooth.
These were my guys!! I still have an autographed album cover with all four fellas, VG, BS and Friends. (fun trivia: Jerry always had this way of sucking on his upper lip and zoning out, eyes half closed.) I think the SF venue was called Trois Couleurs.
grazie per queste testimonianze
--at 3:10 to about 3:15 he throws in a Linus & Lucy phrase --believe it or not --what the heck? It's just tremendous --
Wow.... A forgotten gem.....
Snoopy approves!
Wow!!😍😍 This is such a beautiful and breezy, driving with you hair caressed in the wind kind of music 🎶
I've been hooked on this for the past few years now. I really appreciate it.
Can't explain how happy it makes me to see this video every time. I romanticize what it would've been like being there.
You always know its Vince within a few bars. So identifiable. ❤
Vince is the reason for my love of jazz music ❤️ nothing warms my heart and eases my mind than listening to his music. Would of loved to seen him in concert, thank you Vince
@ Stacy M. - I've been listening to jazz for some forty or more years now, ever since discovering it as a teenager in the late 1970s. During all that time, I have heard and seen (in person and on recordings and in videos) hundreds of artists, including all of the biggest names, and even after all of that, Vince Guaraldi remains one of my absolute favorites. Indeed, even though I already play guitar and bass, listening to him makes me wish I could play piano. Even his improvisations sound composed and thought-out ahead of time, they are are so perfect and gem-like. And his sound was wonderful; he always got such a nice tone out of the instrument with that touch of his.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 That’s awesome! You should definitely learn how to play piano :-) I played piano when I was a kid but I never stuck with it. When I was in high school, I learned how to play guitar. I would like to get back into it as well. I’m glad I’m not the only person who has a great taste in music :-) Cheers!
@@stacymarlene4148 - Hi there! Thanks for writing. Piano interests me, but we'll see if I have enough fuel in the tank or not to think about that. I'm sort of an old man now. Not sure I want to think about reading notation and all of that at my age. Well, sight-reading, is what I mean. I'd maybe learn enough to get by.
You'd be surprised how many famous and brilliant pianists - especially in the genres other than classical music - don't read notation or read it only sparingly. Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, and so on.
Guitar is a wonderful instrument, and I don't regret learning it, but it demands so much of you in terms of just learning how to produce good clean tone and articulation, and that's before you master its other intricacies. The genius of jazz guitar, Wes Montgomery, was once asked by an interviewer if he practiced while touring, and he famously replied, "I just open up the guitar case and throw in a piece of meat once in a while...."
Piano is no less-demanding, but it is demanding perhaps in somewhat different ways. Everything is there for you. Rhythm, harmony, melody. Whereas a guitarist has to lose one hand to select/fret the notes, the pianist does not and can thus do more in terms of accompanying himself and others. And unless you are a complete foul-up, it is reasonably easy to project a decent sound and tone from a good piano.
Did I say I love drums, too?? ; ) And trumpet, and saxophone, and.....
The fact that jazz critics didn't like him very much is reason enough for me to do so. His playing is whimsical and light...never overbearing.
This is a beautiful song.
I love how this group feeds off of each other. No ego. Just talent and skill. Bravo Vince!
Bola Sete, Criminally overlooked, One of the baddest cats to ever come out of Brazil!!!
I love this....and WHY are there 30 thumbs down. WHAT THE HELL did those 30 people expect when they clicked on this video?
maybe they thought they were making their mark in life , letting everybody know how shitty of a life they lead to bring them down so low to do something that stupid
His music just makes you happy. Even as a child the Peanuts Soundtrack made me relax.
Boy what great music. Even better to see in video too.
brazilian guitarrist :Pride! greetings
I can never get enough of Garauldi. He is as inspiring to watch as to play. He doesn't play a piano, he caresses it to make it play.
Guaraldi shows a different side of his genius here, as an accompanist. Guitar and piano often clash in groups where both are used, since they overlap roles musically and also some of the same parts of the sonic spectrum. But Vince complements Sete's playing wonderfully while still being himself. Lovely....
Vince Guiraldi was a pure BEAST!!!!
This tune makes me feel like I’m stumbling out of a bar into a star-filled night on the streets of Italy in the 60s
Porca miseria che fantasia che hai ma questa è la potenza della buona musica
Woah youtube just recommended a video about the drummer for the Charlie Brown music Jerry Granelli from a few years ago, and I watched it, and was like I wonder if it's the same drummer from this set and it is! Very cool
He’s so incredible. They all are.
V.G. plays piano soooo perfectly softly, he has excellent style with perfect rhythm. They wrap this song gently around your soul and take you away from reality for almost 8 minutes. Perfecto!!!
Love this! The two of them together … so chill
seeing vince play brings me peace.
madly beautiful
Incrível registro do Bola Sete!
Mestre do violão brasileiro!
So Cooooooool !!!!!!
RIP Jerry.
This is desert island music for me... could listen to this forever. Just so soothing and full of life at the same time. God Bless Bola and Vince. Admittedly, I love Bossa music, but discovered Vince from The Peanuts music. 🤣
Jazz cannot be defined any better....guaraldi and sete. Smooth man ....
Such glistening clarity on that piano....just amazing
Angels could fly on the beautiful cosmic musical waves this great expression of ALL these great magicians gives to us
so generously...
People... It gets no betta than this !!! 😊 Thank you Mr. Guraldi.
BOLA was a costumer of mine in Sausalito in the 60's at HENRY'S BARBERSHOP. Drummer Jerry Granelli, we went to School at the same time. He sat in front of us at the Granada theater in SF with his girlfriend and I with mine. Saw the group in Berkeley . He stopped the group be cause he got mad at one of the guys.
Nothing short of genius. Gone too soon.
So beautiful...this music takes me to another time, another place and a whole new memory.
Lovely, absolutely lovely.
So many of today's popular "musicians" need to sit down and listen to these subtle masters of their respective crafts. Man, this is playing.
u think vince was ever as rich as pop stars today? Too much money in music, it is corrupt
Solomon Jenkins Sadly no, his albums, I think, didn’t do that all and didn’t make the trio a lot of money
M Dub_Dub what about royalties? Charlie brown?
Solomon Jenkins I just remembered about that lol
They can't. They have blown out their hearing and can't hear anything below 200 th. I find I have far better hearing in my late 50s than most kids half my age. But then I was not and am still not a rocker.
Sete was having so much fun playing..You can see it on his face
DAAAAAMMMN that run he did at 2:36!
I read this comment just as he started the run. I am a little breathless at the synchronicity.
Fantastic
Never will we ever seen style perfectionist again as Vince....
Bola Sete looks so joyful!
The need to make a documentary about these two. I wish we could see more about them.
That would be so incredible ❤
@@debwelsh5595 The man made of the most Iconic score for the Peanuts. And I would love to see how he wrote the Notes 🎶
Vince Guaraldi was a God kiss for us music lovers and his music will last forever.
The story of how he passed is so tearing.
Absolutely - evidence of God in truly every moment his fingers caressed those keys.
A true virtuoso, so creative and subtle adept in timing when to stray or when to stay...A Charlie Brown Christmas is not only one of the greatest soundtracks or even jazz classics, but one the GREATEST ALBUMS ever!
Agree!
Still mourning Schroeder's passing. :(
The only appropriate thing to say is:
*Thank You!*
Amazing sound quality
This is REAL musicianship at it's finest,nothing computer generated and done with raw uncut unfiltered talent.I was only 13 when Vince died but i remember it like yesterday.May he always rest in peace
Such a great performance. That sound is too pure for today.
Jerry Granelli...locked in. So much harder than it sounds.
I can’t imagine - it’s so fun to follow along with him, even if just for a short while. Incredible rhythm and concentration (I wasn’t which of those to put first haha)
What an awesome talent he was. Someone needs to do a Vince Guraldi life story.
Like PBS American Masters. That would be epic. All that I’ve read about him is that he was a great guy, nice and very much missed.
Absolutely beautiful , tranquil and sensual ! Vince and Bola were a gift to us all , real musicianship quietly executed with no tricks. So love this ! "BRILLIANTE" !!!
Tastiest “gateway” jazz there is.
Thank you cherry76garcia! This is what TH-cam was made for - history lessons!
So much emotion in there playing...it may not seem it to others..but theres a certain lift and playfulness to it all.
Sublime.
I walk in North Beach 5 days of the week. Always remembering his playing while I stroll. :)
really your kidding right
@@guesswhoscomingtoyoutube Are you trying be a wiseguy?
@@carlosmacmartin4205 no I'm impressed what was that like are you kidding me I'm jealous you're lucky man I can only dream of an environment where I walk down the street and I hear such good music you're very lucky man
Great virtusio by these men, to play like this.....then ooooh
1963 a golden age of jazz
Never heard this set before. Guaraldi, so natural, unpretentious. Learning Linus and lucy, seemed simple at first but the syncopation and clean notes not simple for me. Wonderful stuff! Ty, Vince!!
just give me a drink with a small umbrella in it, please, and I'll be some where else.....GREAT STUFF!!!!
I have to put this on my JBL’s , sumptuous gorgeous
They had such a wonderful sound when they played together. Pure peace
"Um Carnaval de Charlie Brown"
Awesome. Jerry Granelli on the drum kit. He is still at it in his senior years, performing and teaching workshops in Halifax, NS during the Halifax Jazz festival. It is a treat to see a video of his younger self.
Despite what other more knowledgeable listeners say, Vince G. and Dave B. are jazz home base to my ears. What a groove, could listen for hours on end. Taken way too soon :-(
I heard Vince at the Trident in Sausalito, CA, probably in 1964. I remember asking him to play 'Alma-Ville', which he eventually did.
Thank you! Instant relaxation! I'm on the beach when I listen to this!
Twenty years ago, I had to beg a university professor of Portuguese to write down the lyrics to "Ipanema" from the Getz/Gilberto LP, because I couldn't find the sheet music where I lived. Now, between Google and TH-cam I can find almost every Bossa I can think of, and watch them covered by brilliant performers like these fellows. The 21st Century has its perqs.
I wish I could hear this kind of music somewhere and sometimes in public, but, sadly I never do. What usually gets played, where background music is played, makes me cringe, or just vote with my feet. Thank God I can find it here, record it, and play it in my car when I have to take a trip, or at home on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
My sentiments exactly!
But I'd kill for actual .wav files...
You gotta luv youtube for these gems!!! Wooow🖤