Surprisingly, David Benoit’s favorite character in the “Peanuts” comic strip is not Schroeder, the obsessive, classical-piano-playing prodigy who loves Ludwig van Beethoven and scorns Lucy.

The symbiotic relationship between pianist David Benoit and Peanuts has been a blessing for fans of both the animated series and jazz. It began in the mid-1980s with Benoit's popular cover of Vince ...

"Jazz for Peanuts: A Retrospective of the Charlie Brown TV Themes"Peak "JAZZ FOR Peanuts" is something of a rarity: a David Benoit album that fans of both smooth and straight-ahead jazz should ...

Henderson is jazzed to debut a new art and music festival. Art & All That Jazz will feature artists displaying their wares to the soundtrack of live jazz. It launches on Saturday with pianist ...

Even since he was a kid, David Benoit has known the language of music. ... Songs like “Christmas Time is Here” and “Linus and Lucy” are a part of a generation’s holiday traditions.

Guaraldi, who inspired a young Benoit, composed the music for the early television adaptations of the “Peanuts” comic strip, including its signature melody, “Linus and Lucy,” and the ...

David Benoit has performed solo piano for “Peanuts” television movies and specials for more than 20 years. ... known as “Linus and Lucy” -- doesn’t necessarily come easy.

David Benoit is working for Peanuts again. The jazz pianist, credited with helping to invent smooth jazz, swings his 15-city "A Charlie Brown Christmas" tour into the University of Nevada, Las ...

David Benoit at Yoshi's article by AAJ Staff, published on March 8, 2004 at All About Jazz. ... Benoit's career got a kick start with the success of his driving version of Guaraldi's "Linus & Lucy," ...

Jazz album: “Jazz for Peanuts” by David Benoit, released in 2008 on Peak Records. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz. All About Jazz Essentials. ... Wild Kids; ...

Benoit also spent ten years composing music for the "Charlie Brown TV specials, a spinoff of his popular cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy. In jazz, Benoit is a five-time Grammy nominee who ...

David Benoit: Here album review by AAJ Staff, published on January 25, 2003. ... Though Guiraldi himself contributes to his famous "Linus and Lucy Theme," which opens the album as it opened so many ...