In lieu of writing a long and convoluted biography filled with facts and dates, the author of this site chooses to defer this responsibility to several other websites that have done a far better job of this task than I ever could have.

If, however, you are unfamiliar with the work of Vince Guaraldi, here are the basics you should know:

• Guaraldi was a jazz composer and pianist during the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
• Vince is perhaps best known for his work on Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" TV specials (more commonly known as Charlie Brown).
• Vince should be better known for his latin jazz work, especially with his trio of piano, bass, and drums.
• This trio began with Eddie Duran and Dean Reilly, but the trio most people have heard includes Monte Budwig and Colin Bailey.
• Vince often collaborated with other jazz and latin greats, such as Bola Sete, Cal Tjader and Stan Getz.
• It's named "Linus and Lucy," not Charlie Brown.
• Vince has many loyal followers and imitators, notably George Winston and David Benoit.
• The Vince was and still is the master of style and the handlebar moustache.

Again, I submit to the following pages with more and better things to say than I have:

Vince on wikipedia
Vince on the Vince site
The longer version of the previous article
A nice bio from Spaceagepop

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