GEORGE WINSTON - LOVE WILL COME: THE MUSIC OF VINCE GUARALDI VOLUME 2 (LP)

George Winston Love Will Come: The Music Of Vince Guaraldi Volume 2 on Vinyl LP! 

Pianist George Winston recorded a tribute album in 1996 to jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, a musician beloved by generations for the compositions he recorded for various Charlie Brown television specials and for his standard “Cast Your Fate to the Wind.” That album was Linus & Lucy The Music of Vince Guaraldi, and Winston revisits his musical hero a second time with Love Will Come The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Vol. 2, a collection of a wide range of Guaraldi interpretations.

Many of the songs from Winston’s new album are from the Charlie Brown episodes, and tracks for them written by Guaraldi include “Time For Love” from the episode, There’s No Time For Love Charlie Brown, “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown,” “Love Will Come,” “Woodstock,” “Little Birdie,” “It Was a Short Summer Charlie Brown,” “Rain, Rain, Go Away,” “Air Music,” and “You’re Elected Charlie Brown.” The album also features other Guaraldi compositions from his jazz albums.

As a 16-year old Winston (not yet playing music, but an avid fan of instrumental music) became captivated by the Charles Schulz film, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Immediately after purchasing the soundtrack, Winston immersed himself in the sixteen Peanuts television specials scored by Guaraldi, becoming captivated by Vince’s sounds and compositions. Many of the songs featured on Linus & Lucy were also from Vince’s soundtracks from the Peanuts series.

George Winston integrates his passion for Vince’s music and New Orleans R&B piano, together with childhood experiences in order to create a sound inspired by legends such as The Doors, and New Orleans pianists Henry Butler, James Booker, and Professor Longhair. Winston conveys a sense of life through his music with a sensibility of the seasons and topographies of Mother Earth.

George Winston Love Will Come: The Music Of Vince Guaraldi Volume 2 Track Listing

1.  Time For Love
2.  It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown
3.  Macedonia/ Little David
4.  Woodstock
5.  Fenwyck’s Farfel/ Calling Dr.
6.  Room At The Bottom
7.  Air Music
8.  Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
9.  You’re Elected, Charlie Brown/Little Birdie
10. Brasilia
11. Jambo’s (Casaba)
12. Pebble Beach/Dolores Park
13. Love Will Come/Slow Dance
14. Rain, Rain, Go Away
15. Nobody Else
16. Love Will Come 2