Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof

Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof
Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof
Studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Released	1964
Recorded	October 19 & 21 1964
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
Cannonball Adderley chronology

Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Capitol label featuring performances of material from the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow and Tim Sendra awarded the album 4 stars and states "Cannonball plays near his peak; this is certainly the finest album by this particular sextet".^[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "not revelatory but very entertaining".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick except as indicated

"Fiddler on the Roof" - 7:22
"To Life" - 5:06
"Sabbath Prayer" - 3:19
"Chavalah" - 2:56
"Sewing Machine" - 3:34
"Now I Have Everything" - 4:10
"Do You Love Me?" - 5:02
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker" - 5:33
"Sweet Georgia Bright" (Charles Lloyd) - 5:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Island Blues" (Lloyd) - 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Little Boy With the Sad Eyes" (Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) - 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Goodbye Charlie" (Dory Langdon, André Previn) - 2:55

Recorded in New York City, NY on September 8 (tracks 9-12) and October 19 & 21 (all other tracks), 1964
The spelling of track four for the play is "Chavaleh".

Personnel

References

^ Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 26 October 2009
^ Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
^ Allmusic Review
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Yanow, S. & Sendra, T. Allmusic Review accessed 26 October 2009

[Cannonball_disco-1] Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 26 October 2009

[Capitol_Records_discography-2] Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015

[3] Allmusic Review

[Penguin9-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Yanow, S. & Sendra, T. Allmusic Review accessed 26 October 2009

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v t e Cannonball Adderley
Studio albums	Presenting Cannonball Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley Sophisticated Swing Cannonball Enroute Cannonball's Sharpshooters Somethin' Else Portrait of Cannonball Jump for Joy Things Are Getting Better Blue Spring Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago Cannonball Takes Charge Them Dirty Blues Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners Know What I Mean? African Waltz Plus Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley Cannonball's Bossa Nova Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Domination Great Love Themes Accent on Africa The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra Love, Sex, and the Zodiac Inside Straight Pyramid Phenix Lovers
Live albums	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Jazz Workshop Revisited Autumn Leaves Nippon Soul Cannonball Adderley Live! Live Session! Money in the Pocket Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" Cannonball in Japan Radio Nights 74 Miles Away Why Am I Treated So Bad! In Person Country Preacher The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free The Happy People The Black Messiah Music You All
Compilations	Discoveries The Japanese Concerts
Songs	"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Nirvana (1962–65) Discovery! (1964) Of Course, of Course (1965) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966) Dream Weaver (1966) Forest Flower (1966) The Flowering (1966) Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967) Journey Within (1967) Love-In (1967) Soundtrack (1968) Moon Man (1970) Warm Waters (1971) Geeta (1973) Autumn in New York (1979) Montreux 82 (1982) A Night in Copenhagen (1983) Fish Out of Water (1989) Notes from Big Sur (1991) Acoustic Masters I (1993) The Call (1993) All My Relations (1994) Canto (1996) Voice in the Night (1998) Hyperion with Higgins (1999) The Water Is Wide (1999) Which Way Is East (2001) Lift Every Voice (2002) Jumping the Creek (2004) Sangam (2004) Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012) Wild Man Dance (2013) I Long to See You (2015) Passin' Thru (2016) 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020) Tone Poem (2021)
With Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68)
With Chico Hamilton	Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960) Drumfusion (1962) Passin' Thru (1962) A Different Journey (1963) Man from Two Worlds (1963) Chic Chic Chico (1965)
With The Beach Boys	Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
With others	Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971) Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978) Celebration (Celebration, released 1979) Les McCann Sings (1961) Roger McGuinn (1973) Full Circle (The Doors, 1972) Vanished Gardens (2018)