Although Vince Guaraldi’s jazz pieces written for A Charlie Brown Christmas is now associated with Christmas (and recently, Starbucks), it was an artistic gamble at the time. Network execs were a bit iffy about airing a cartoon that:
- Didn’t make use of a laugh track
- Quoted a Bible verse
- Used a jazz soundtrack by a then-unknown artist
But somehow, it worked, and A Charlie Brown Christmas is still considered to be one of the best-loved Christmas specials of all time. So here it is: Vince Guaraldi’s Linus and Lucy.
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy (4.3 MB MP3)