Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!

Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2000, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboards Jazz chart. The album is a memorial to Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who composed music scores for the first 16 television specials before his death in 1976. This album also received a nomination for "Best Engineered Album, Non-classical" at the 43rd Grammy Awards.

Track listing

Personnel David Benoit Trio David Benoit – acoustic piano, arrangements, orchestra arrangements and conductor (10) Christian McBride – bass Peter Erskine – drums, percussionGuest Musicians' Vince Guaraldi – acoustic piano (1) Marc Antoine – guitar (3, 9) Russell Malone – guitar (8) Chris Botti – trumpet (4) Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5) Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (10) Ken Gruberman – music contractor (10) Take 6 – vocals (6) Al Jarreau – vocals (10)

Production Tommy LiPuma – producer Clark Germain – recording, orchestra recording Bill Schnee – recording, mixing Marcelo Pennell – Take 6 vocal recording (6) Koji Egawa – assistant engineer Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Ken Gruberman – music preparation John Newcott – production coordinator Robert Silverman – production coordinator Yvonne Wish – production coordinator Camille Tominaro – production manager J. Arthur Thomas – business manager Charles M. Schulz – illustration Hollis King – art direction Watts Design? – design Vincent Titolo – photography David Benoit – liner notes Lee Mendelson – liner notes Larry Fitzgerald – management Mark Hartley – management

Charts Chart (2000) Peakposition US Billboard Jazz Albums 2

References

External links David Benoit-Here's To You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! at Discogs