to close out the holiday season, i figured i would post an all-time classic from my all-time favorite christmas album. which of course is “a charlie brown christmas” by the vince guaraldi trio. if you dont have and adore this album, you are a horrible person, end of story. its the soundtrack to maybe the most classic christmas cartoon of all time, “a charlie brown christmas” of course.
if you are in fact a horrible person and are not familiar with this album, its essentially a jazz combo playing all of our favorite christmas hits, plus a few originals (at least im fairly sure they are originals) like the ever-haunting, somewhat creepy but always lovable “christmastime is here”, “linus and lucy” — that piano track that you may not recognize by name, but certainly recognize as soon as you hear it, and todays ditty, “christmas is coming”, one of the more upbeat tunes. i love jazz combos, and sort of sometimes hate christmas carols, but when you combine the two, im definitely down to enjoy it. its a must for anyone who wants to get into the holiday spirit but cant stand hearing country christmas songs on the radio. and the bonus is that when you listen to the album, you are constantly reminded of “a charlie brown christmas”, and hence a piece of your childhood.
vince guaraldi trio – christmas is coming
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