Vince Guaraldi at the piano

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-451) and index.Prologue. "The Sound of Surprise" -- Family Ties : Growing Up Jazzy -- Adante : Becoming One of Tjader's Raiders -- i on the Future : Security as a House Band -- Galloping with the Herd : On the Road with Woody Herman -- Tjader Redux : Seduced by Bossa Nova -- Adagio : A Heaping Helping of Vince on the Side -- Allegro Molto : "Fate" Steps In -- Sittin' in with Sete : Bola Joins the Band -- A Year of Grace : Performing in the "Big House" -- Presto : Putting the Swing in Charlie Brown's Step -- Calling His Own Shots -- You're a Movie Star, Charlie Brown: Big-Screen Glory -- Intermezzo : The Good Life -- Lento : Done Too Soon -- Postlude. The Slow but Steady Road to Immortality -- Epilogue 1. A Windy Evening in Sausalito -- Epilogue 2. A Warm Afternoon in San Francisco -- Epilogue 3. A Muggy Morning in Pennsylvania."Although Vince Guaraldi's playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known, the composer himself remains largely unheralded. More than merely "the Peanuts guy," Guaraldi cut his jazz teeth as a member of combos fronted by Cal Tjader and Woody Herman, and garnered Top 40 fame with his Grammy Award-winning hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." This career study gives Guaraldi long-overdue recognition, chronicling his years as a sideman; his attraction to the emerging bossa nova sound of the late 1950s; his collaboration with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; his development of the Grace Cathedral Jazz Mass; his selection as the fellow to put the jazz swing in Charlie Brown's step; and his emergence as a respected veteran in the declining Northern California jazz club scene of the 1970s. Ironically, his place in the jazz universe has grown exponentially since this book's initial 2012 publication, and this massively updated second edition acknowledges such honors and features a wealth of new material"--