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How an Unremarkably Wonderful Work Is the Most Successful Jazz Album, EverJazz Today[21 December 2006] by Will LaymanHow can it be, in fact, that Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas is perhaps the only universally adored record in jazz history -- the Sgt. Pepper's of improvised music?
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Right on Mr. Layman. This album is the perfect example of the kind of music that is timeless because of what it does right, not what it attempts to do. Songs like Linus and Lucy will be with us forever not because of what form they take, but because of what function they serve. Giaralldi didn’t exactly create high art here, but there is certainly an artful nature to the way he executes these tunes. I couldn’t agree with this article more!
Comment by Terrence from Albany, NY — December 30, 2006 @ 3:24 pm