Multiple successive generations received their introduction to jazz through a beloved if unlikely source: the holiday television specials featuring Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts characters. Bay Area-based jazz legend Vince Guaraldi composed and played the music for several of those animated features; among the most treasured is A Charlie Brown Christmas, first broadcast in 1965 (and every year since then). Guaraldi’s eminently tuneful and accessible music turned kids onto jazz without their knowing what was happening. This evening of holiday music draws from those recordings, and features an impressive lineup including Glen Pearson on piano, bassist Ruth Davies and drummer Lorca Hart. Performances through Sunday.
A Jazz Celebration of the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas
Fri, Dec 12, 7:30pm, $45.
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford
