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

Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	2000
Recorded	1999-2000
Studio	Avatar Studios, New York; Bill Schnee Studios, Hollywood; The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee; Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:52
Label	GRP Records
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
David Benoit chronology
Professional Dreamer (1999)Professional Dreamer1999 Here's To You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) Fuzzy Logic (2002)Fuzzy Logic2002

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 #2 on Billboard's Jazz chart. The album is a memorial to Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strips.
Vince Guaraldi who wrote several tracks on this album wrote the music for the original Peanuts television specials.

Track listing

1. Linus and Lucy (written by: Vince Guaraldi) - 3:06
2. Charlie Brown Theme (Vince Guaraldi / Lee Mendelson) - 4:18
3. Pebble Beach (Vince Guaraldi) - 4:38
4. Linus Tells Charlie (David Benoit) - 4:30
5. Frieda (Vince Guaraldi) - 4:34
6. Christmas Time Is Here (Vince Guaraldi / Lee Mendelson) - 5:17
7. Getting Ready (David Benoit) - 3:08
8. Blue Charlie Brown (Vince Guaraldi) - 4:05
9. Red Baron (Vince Guaraldi) - 4:28
10. Happiness (Clark Gesner) - 3:47

Personnel

• David Benoit - piano
• Marc Antoine - guitar [track 3, 9]
• Russell Malone - guitar [track 8]
• Chris Botti - trumpet [track 4]
• Michael Brecker - saxophone [track 5]
• Peter Erskine - drums
• Christian McBride - bass
• Take 6 - vocals [track 6]
• Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar
• Al Jarreau - Vocal [track 10]
• Vince Guaraldi - piano [track 1]
• Bruce Dukov - concert master [track 10]

Charts

References

External links

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