Vince Guaraldi
Piano Solo on
O Tannenbaum

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Vince Guaraldi's piano solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Fred Marshall's acoustic bass. Spanning one chorus of the 16-bar AABA form at a moderate 125 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 33 seconds. Guaraldi's ability to swing with sophistication while remaining utterly accessible made him the ideal composer for Charles Schulz's Peanuts world, and his arrangements of holiday standards like this one remain perennial favorites. Vince Guaraldi was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1965 recording.

Vince Guaraldi was 36 to 37 years old at the time.