title: Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
text: # Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
  
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  Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2000, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Jazz chart. The album is a memorial to Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who composed music scores for the first 16 television specials before his untimely death in 1976.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  David Benoit Trio
  
  * David Benoit – acoustic piano, arrangements, orchestra arrangements and conductor (10)
  * Christian McBride – bass
  * Peter Erskine – drums, percussion
  
  Guest Musicians
  
  * Vince Guaraldi – acoustic piano (1)
  * Marc Antoine – guitar (3, 9)
  * Russell Malone – guitar (8)
  * Chris Botti – trumpet (4)
  * Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5)
  * Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (10)
  * Ken Gruberman – music contractor (10)
  * Take 6 – vocals (6)
  * Al Jarreau – vocals (10)
  
  ## Production
  
  * Tommy LiPuma – producer
  * Clark Germain – engineer
  * Marcelo Pennell – engineer
  * Bill Schnee – engineer, mixing
  * Koji Egawa – assistant engineer
  * Doug Sax – mastering
  * Ken Gruberman – music preparation
  * John Newcott – production coordinator
  * Robert Silverman – production coordinator
  * Yvonne Wish – production coordinator
  * Camille Tominaro – production manager
  * J. Arthur Thomas – business manager
  * Charles M. Schultz – illustration
  * Hollis King – art direction
  * Watts Design? – design
  * Vincent Titolo – photography
  * David Benoit – liner notes
  * Lee Mendelson – liner notes
  * Larry Fitzgerald – management
  * Mark Hartley – management
  
  Studios
  
  * Recorded at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Avatar Studios (New York, NY); Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN).
  * Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios.
  * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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  | US Billboard Jazz Albums | 2 |
  