''Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus'' is an album collaboration between American jazz pianist

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...

and the

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released in December 1967. It was Guaraldi's ninth studio album and the first to be released on his D&D record label (the only one during his lifetime), named for the first initials of his two children, David and Dia.

Background

Unable to secure new recording contracts with other labels due to an ongoing legal dispute with

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dating back to early 1966, Guaraldi opted to create his own record label, titled D&D Records (named after his children, David and Dia). The debut single, a cover of

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", was backed by a complete version of "

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" which had been featured in the most recent ''

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'' (1967). The latter song was purposely chosen by Guaraldi, as he understood that the popularity of his ''Peanuts'' compositions would help sell D&D's inaugural release. Guaraldi then proceeded to record additional tracks for what would become ''Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus''. A conscious decision was made to divide the songs evenly between traditional jazz combos and collaborations with the

. Due to the great expense of producing and pressing the album, Guaraldi opted to record the album in

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as a cost-saving measure, despite the music industry's ongoing transition to

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format.

Critical reception

Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang noted that the album "has something of an identity crisis; although all eight cuts are presented in the breezy shuffle style that made uaraldifamous, half the tracks employ the

for background coloring, while the others are conventional instrumentals with various quartets."

Track listing

Original 1967 vinyl release

2005 CD release

Personnel

Credits adapted from 2005 CD liner notes. *

– piano *

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– guitar * Tom Beeson –

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* Kelly Bryan – double bass * Roland Haynes – double bass * Lee Charlton – drums * John Rae – drums *

– vocals ;Vince Guaraldi Consort (aka The Vince Guaraldi Sextet): *Vince Guaraldi – piano *John Gray – guitar *Frank Rosolino – trombone * Ronald Lang – woodwinds *

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– double bass *John Rae – drums *

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– arranger and conductor

References

External links

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