FiddlerOnTheRoof yiddish favorites Herb Alpert Ziggy Elman

[DebbSaxx1]

Love this music !!! Great pix, too. Thanks for posting !!

--Debb Saxx in Florida

[whitehorse447]

WORDS CANT DESCRIBE,THIS GY IS GREAT

[saintsamaritan]

Is not Elman playing at around 8:00?

[albertdiner]

@saintsamaritan

Ziggy Elman's version of the song AND THE ANGELS SING appears at 07:30-08:49.

That is indded Ziggy Elman playing trumpet  around 08:00

[Trevoc2]

Terrific! Thanks for posting this

[bertskoi]

2 Jewish musicians, Herb Alpert & Ziggy Ellman

+ one Jewish song = P E R F E C T I O N !

[usabeautiful10]

Just beautiful!!!

[ERNESEN1971]

to me is the best song play by herp if i was a rich man

[jairokg]

Absolutely beautiful... I'm not Jewish but I can't stop loving the good music from the world that I live in... I made a video, please check it out if you have and extra min... Thanks..

[manorrd]

Very nice.

Personally, I don't like it when a Jew is called a kike, or a hebe, or a hook-nose, etc.

Keep up the good work

[nancyfloressantos]

Love this.

[mauriciohgoldenberg]

Esta es una parte de la musica de Herb que tiene que ver con nuestras tradiciones,en Israel toque esta musica,pero mi opinion es que Herb viene de un mundo magico dando a nuestros oidos regalos de belleza amor.

[mcfrdmn]

Lovely performance!!

[freddymart]

very beautiful

[FriendshipSeven]

"If I Were A Rich Man" is absolutely my favorite Herb Alpert piece... When I first heard it, I had no idea where the tune came from. I thought Herb Alpert & the TJB were Mexicans! My brother clued me in that Herb Alpert is a Jewish kid from LA... I was very pleased to read your entire info column and learn of Herb's connection to Ziggy Elman. Great video!

[sentel28]

only once in a century this comes along. .long live yiddishkeit. . .

[fromthesidelines]

Elman wrote and first recorded the song [originally titled "Fralich In Swing"] with his own orchestra [for Bluebird] in December 1938; Benny Goodman heard the song when it was released in January 1939, and immediately wanted to record his own version. He got Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for Martha Tilton's vocal, transforming the song into "As the Angels Sing", with Ziggy recreating his original solo on Goodman's February 1939 recording....the rest is swing history.

[levittdf]

Great stuff!!!

[albertdiner]

¨ First, Martha Tilton sings what seems like a fairly innocuous 1930s pop song. Then, out of the blue, the band breaks into a riotous klezmer dance (upon which, it turns out, Elman's melody is based). The intended effect is as jarring as a staid goyish wedding reception suddenly overrun by high-spirited Jewish party crashers. This is so unabashedly good-humored, political correct- ness does not apply.¨

Reviewer: Alan Kurtz

[albertdiner]

¨¨Ziggy Elman ranks high on the list of shamefully overlooked jazz trumpeters. Great section players aren't always the best soloists, but Elman was both. His self-composed feature with Benny Goodman's big band is actually back-to-back pieces.

Reviewer: Alan Kurtz