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Vince Guaraldi's piano solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Fred Marshall's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a relaxed 74 BPM with a waltz feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:20. Guaraldi's improvisation over his own composition is a model of taste and sensitivity, his left hand providing lush harmonic support while his right traces melodic lines of quiet beauty. Vince Guaraldi was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1965 recording. Christmas Time Is Here is a composition by pianist Vince Guaraldi with lyrics by television producer Lee Mendelson, written in 1965 for the CBS animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Vince Guaraldi was 36 to 37 years old at the time.
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