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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 death in 1976.

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)

• Tommy LiPuma – producer
• Clark Germain – recording, orchestra recording
• Bill Schnee – recording, mixing
• Marcelo Pennell – Take 6 vocal recording (6)
• Koji Egawa – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• 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

• David Benoit-Here's To You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! at Discogs