Fiddler on the Roof

by Cannonball Adderley

Fiddler on the Roof cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1965
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:25
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded shortly after the Broadway debut of the acclaimed musical, this session features the saxophonist interpreting Jerry Bock's celebrated score. The arrangements successfully adapt the traditional Jewish melodic structures of the original into a swinging hard bop context, highlighting Adderley's soulful, blues-inflected phrasing.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Fiddler On The Roof (7:22)
  2. To Life (5:06)
  3. Sabbath Prayer (3:19)
  4. Chavalah (2:56)
  5. Sewing Machine (3:34)
  6. Now I Have Everything (4:10)
  7. Do You Love Me? (5:02)
  8. Matchmaker (5:33)
  9. Sweet Georgia Bright (5:36)
  10. Island Blues (2:24)
  11. Little Boy With The Sad Eyes (2:26)
  12. Goodbye, Charlie (2:53)

Credits

  • Cannonball Adderley - primary artist, alto saxophone
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Louis Hayes - drums
  • Cannonball Adderley Sextet - ensemble
  • Joe Zawinul - piano
  • Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Nat Adderley - trumpet, cornet
  • Jerry Bock - written-by

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