It’s a hip record. Forget the seasonal-only listening, as The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is and forever will be great listening ...

Longtime Bay Area pianist Larry Vuckovich performs at Palo Alto restaurant and jazz spot Meyhouse on Dec. 6. Vuckovich, who studied and performed with Vince Guaraldi, pays tribute to the piano great ...

Piano notes ripple and percolate. A drummer’s brushes swish. A bass fiddle thumps to the rhythm. Voices are heard in small doses, literally. Children do all the singing. It’s peaceful, easy on the ...

In 1964, one year before A Charlie Brown Christmas brought cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s PEANUTS® to TV screens across America, the Vince Guaraldi Trio breathed life into its beloved characters ...

Writing Christmas songs is easy. It's writing good ones that is hard. There's a reason why plenty of Christmas songs fall by the wayside. Overplay is a factor, as is changing tastes. Sometimes, ...

Piano notes ripple and percolate. A drummer’s brushes swish. A bass fiddle thumps to the rhythm. Voices are heard in small doses, literally. Children do all the singing.