Essential Standards

Essential Standards is the third compilation album of songs by American jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi released on June 30, 2009, in the U.S by Concord as part of their Original Jazz Classics series.^[3]

Essential Standards
Compilation album by Vince Guaraldi
Released	June 30, 2009
Recorded	1956–1965
Genre	Jazz Latin jazz Bossa nova Soundtrack West Coast jazz Christmas music
Length	51:42
Label	Fantasy Concord Original Jazz Classics
Vince Guaraldi chronology
Live on the Air (2008) Essential Standards (2009) The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Five Cents Please	[2]

Background

Acting as a companion piece to Fantasy Records' 1980 Greatest Hits,^[4] Essential Standards includes additional songs from Guaraldi's Fantasy Records catalogue outside of his soundtrack recordings for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts television specials.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise"	Oscar Hammerstein II Sigmund Romberg	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958)	3:28
2.	"The Girl from Ipanema"	Antônio Carlos Jobim Vinicius de Moraes	From All Sides (1965)	5:19
3.	"Moon River"	Henry Mancini	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1964)	5:16
4.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Vince Guaraldi	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	3:05
5.	"Willow Weep for Me"	Ann Ronell	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	5:14
6.	"Fascinating Rhythm"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956)	2:45
7.	"Since I Fell for You"	Buddy Johnson	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	4:20
8.	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Henry Mancini	Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964)	5:20
9.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (live)	Bronisław Kaper Ned Washington	In Person (1963)	5:53
10.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	4:22
11.	"Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)"	Antônio Carlos Jobim	The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964)	3:20
12.	""What Child Is This"" (mistitled "Greensleeves")	William Chatterton Dix	A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)	3:20
Total length:				51:42