Jazz for Peanuts

Jazz for Peanuts
Compilation album by
David Benoit
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008
Recorded1989–2008
Genre
Length40:30
Label
ProducerDavid Benoit
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]
JazzTimes[3]

Jazz for Peanuts: A Retrospective of the Charlie Brown TV Themes is a compilation album released in the U.S. by Peak Records in October 2008. The album is credited to David Benoit and contains a mix of previously released material plus newly recorded songs featured in prime-time animated television specials based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz.

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Thom Jurek called the album an "odd duck", saying it is "all the better for it". Jurek noted that Benoit "succeeded the late Vince Guaraldi as the musical director for the Peanuts television specials, meaning that his 50th anniversary recording of Guaraldi's music wasn't a simple tribute, but a nod to his predecessor".[1] Jurek also noted that both Benoit's compositions, as well as Guaraldi's classic melodies, "were newly recorded live in the studio, lending them their timeless lyric quality and immediacy of presence".[1] All About Jazz critic Woodrow Wilkins noted how the "symbiotic relationship between pianist David Benoit and Peanuts" is a "blessing for fans of both the animated series and jazz".[2]

Track listing

All songs composed by Vince Guaraldi except where noted.

# Title Writer Performer Original release Length
1 "You're in Love, Charlie Brown"
4:07
2 "The Buggy Ride" Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis Septet Joe Cool's Blues (1995); featured in This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk[1] 4:35
3 "Benjamin" Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck Quartet Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989); featured in This Is America, Charlie Brown: The NASA Space Station[2] 3:48
4 "The Great Pumpkin Waltz" David Benoit Trio interpolated with "Graveyard Theme (Trick or Treat)" 4:18
5 "Wild Kids" David Benoit
Urban Daydreams (1989); featured in This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Great Inventors[2] 4:18
6 "Breadline Blues" Dave Grusin Kenny G Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989); featured in This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and the Presidency[2] 4:10
7 "Be My Valentine" (aka "Heartburn Waltz") David Benoit Trio featured in A Charlie Brown Valentine (2002) 4:36
8 "Rollerblading" David Benoit
  • David Benoit Quintet
  • Christian Scott
 featured in It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown (1997) 3:53
9 "Re-Run's Theme" David Benoit David Benoit Quintet featured in I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003) 3:47
10 "Linus and Lucy"
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) 3:06

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jurek, Thom. Jazz for Peanuts at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilkins, Woodrow (December 10, 2008). "Jazz for Peanuts". All About Jazz. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ Soergel, Brian (April 25, 2019). "Jazz for Peanuts". JazzTimes. Retrieved 16 April 2021.