Linus and Lucy
Context
Theme composed by Vince Guaraldi, recorded in trio with Monty Budwig and Colin Bailey for the album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Fantasy, 1964), then released as a single. It became the main theme of many Peanuts cartoons and was popularized by the soundtrack of A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965; it is also a standard of jazz education.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.