Traditional Yiddish Songs as performed by (mostly) Great Black Entertainers
1. Intro (HI DE HO MAN: Cab Calloway, 1947, excerpt)
2. THE CANTOR: Al Jolson, 1932
3. A YIDDISHA MAMA: Billie Holiday (privately recorded, 1955)
4. "NOCH-A-BISSEL": Willie The Lion Smith, vocal & piano, 1968
5. "GREENA COUSINA": Johnny Hartman, 1968 (excerpt from "That Old Black Magic")
6. MASHUGA: Louis Prima and Keely Smith, c1961
7. MATZOH BALLS: Slim & Slam (Gailliard & Stewart), 1940
8. BEI MIR BIST DU SCHOEN: Ella Fitzgerald, 1937
Jewish Wedding Sequence:
9. MY LITTLE COUSIN: Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee, 1942
10. LEVINSKY'S JUBILEE: Julian Rose, rec in England, 1925
11. I HEAR THE MUSIC NOW: Peggy Lee with Gordon Jenkins Orch, 1955 (from The Jazz Singer)
12. JEWISH WEDDING SONG: Julie Andrews (from Thoroughly Modern Millie)
WHERE CAN I GO? (A song of Israel, written by Leo Fuld)
13. Leo Fuld, the composer himself, 1949
14. Steve Lawrence, c1963
15. Ray Charles and his Orchestra, 1963
16. MAHZEL (MEANS GOOD LUCK): The Ravens, 1949 Yiddish Doo-Wop!
17. A BE GEZINDT: Mildred Bailey with Mitch Miller, 1940
18. RUMANIA: Eartha Kitt, live, c1970s No Jew she!
19. YES MY DARLING DAUGHTER: Dinah Shore, 1940 No shicksa she!
20. UTT-DA-ZAY (THE TAYLOR'S SONG): Cab Calloway, 1940
21. VOL VISTU GAILY STAR: Slim & Slam (Gailliard & Stewart), 1940 *
22. HAVA NAGILA: Earl Grant, vocal & organ, c1957
23. HAVA NAGILA ("NOW"): Lena Horne, c1966
24. EXODUS SONG ("THIS LAND IS MINE"): Billy Eckstine, 1960
25. MY YIDDISHA MAMA: parts 1 (Yiddish) & 2 (English), Sophie Tucker26. MINNIE THE MOOCHER Yiddish excerpt, 1933 Victor version, Cab Calloway
27. Outro (HI DE HO MAN: Cab Calloway, 1947, excerpt)
Various unusual versions of the songs from the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler On The Roof (Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock).
THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY SEXTET
Adderley (as), Nat Adderley (t, c), Charles Lloyd (fl, ts), Joe Zawinal (arr?, p), Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d). Capitol Studios, New York, October 19 and 21, 1964.
1. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (inc. TRADITION)
2. TO LIFE
3. SABBATH PRAYER
4. CHAVALAH (a dance in the show, not on Broadway cast album)
5. SEWING MACHINE (cut prior to opening)
6. NOW I HAVE EVERYTHING
7. DO YOU LOVE ME?
8. MATCHMAKER
MICKEY KATZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Katz (cl), Mannie Klein (t), Thomas Shepard (tb), Morris Bercov (woodwinds), Benny Gill (vn), Ray Sherman (p), Meyer Rubin (b), Sam Weiss (d), Larry Bunker & Frank Flynn (perc).
9. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
10. SABBATH PRAYER
11. IF I WERE A RICH MAN
12. NOW I HAVE EVERYTHING
13. MEDLEY: FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE / ANATEVKA14. TO LIFE
15. SUNRISE, SUNSET
16. MIRACLE OF MIRACLES
17. MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER
18. TRADITION
19. MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER: Ella Fitzgerald
20. SUNRISE, SUNSET: Johnny Hartman
21. SUNRISE, SUNSET: Tony Bennett
22. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: The Barry Sisters
23. MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER: Wes Montgomery
24. SUNRISE, SUNSET: Mickey Katz (cl & rhythm only, from Hello Solly!)
