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Cannonball Adderley released on the

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'' Fiddler on the Roof'' by Adderley with

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, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and

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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".Yanow, S. & Sendra, T.

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'' described the album as "not revelatory but very entertaining".

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

* Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone *

- cornet * Charles Lloyd -

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, flute * Joe Zawinul -

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* Sam Jones - bass *

- drums

References

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