Jean Schulz

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" plays on screen behind a live band.

The music of Vince Guaraldi helped make ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a cultural icon

Music

What do you get when you combine the sweet sounds of an obscure West Coast jazz composer with the most popular comic strip of all-time to create an animated Christmas special? “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — one of the most enduring and endearing cultural phenomenons of the last 50 years.

Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack differentiates itself in noisy season

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