Vince Guaraldi
Piano Solo on
Skating

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Vince Guaraldi's piano solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Set at an up-tempo 199 BPM with a waltz feel in C, the solo runs approximately 41 seconds. Guaraldi's piano solo over the open form is characteristically bright and melodic, his lines gliding and spinning in a way that perfectly mirrors the visual imagery of ice skating. Vince Guaraldi was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1965 recording. Skating is an original composition by pianist Vince Guaraldi, written for the 1965 CBS television special A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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