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Wynton Marsalis
A Fiddler's Tale
Album US 1999 on Sony Classical label
Jazz
A Fiddler's Tale was commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for MARSALIS/STRAVINSKY: a joint project of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Jazz At Lincoln Center. It was premiered on April 23, 1998 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The orchestral suite erion of "A Fiddler's Tale" without narration is also available from Sony Classical (SK 60979). Recorded at Giandomenico Studios, Collingswood, NJ. on May 11-13, 1998. Narration recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City on January 4, 1999.
Musicians
 | Wynton Marsalis tr, *1961 US music by, trumpet, other, story by, album by |
 | Edgar Meyer b, cb, *1960 US bass |
 | Milan Turkovic bsn, *1939 bassoon |
 | David Shifrin cl, *1950 US clarinet |
 | Andre De Shields narrator |
 | Stefon Harris vib, mar, *1973 US percussion |
 | David Taylor tb, *1944 US trombone |
 | Ida Kavafian vn, vl, *1952 TR violin |
 | Stanley Crouch dr, *1945 US words by |
Producers
| Josephine DiDonato art direction |
| Drue Katoaka artwork by, paintings |
| Richard King engineer |
| Robert Wolff engineer, editing |
| Steve Epstein producer |
| Jeff Francis supervised by, technical |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Part 1 | Wynton Marsalis | ||
| 2 | | Narrator: "It Always Starts..." | Wynton Marsalis | 2:18 | |
| 3 | | Fiddler's March | Wynton Marsalis | 3:17 | |
| 4 | | Scene 1. Narrator: "Her Name Is Beatrice Connors." | Wynton Marsalis | 0:29 | |
| 5 | | Fiddler's Soul | Wynton Marsalis | 3:12 | |
| 6 | | Narrator: "She's Floating On A Dream Cloud..." | Wynton Marsalis | 4:11 | |
| 7 | | Fiddler's March Reprise | Wynton Marsalis | 1:31 | |
| 8 | | Scene 2. Narrator: "Now That He Has Her Going..." | Wynton Marsalis | 3:54 | |
| 9 | | Reprise 2 (End Of March) | Wynton Marsalis | 0:34 | |
| 10 | | Scene 3. Narrator: "Beatrice Connors Is Now..." | Wynton Marsalis | 2:37 | |
| 11 | | Pastorale | Wynton Marsalis | 4:18 | |
| 12 | | Devil: "More Words On Fame" | Wynton Marsalis | 3:37 | |
| 13 | | Fiddler's Soul Reprise | Wynton Marsalis | 1:10 | |
| 14 | | Part 2 | Wynton Marsalis | ||
| 15 | | Scene 4. Narrator: "Keeping One Hundred Dollars..." | Wynton Marsalis | 4:09 | |
| 16 | Happy March | Wynton Marsalis | 2:21 | ||
| 17 | Scene 5. Narrator: "The Illness Of The Land..." | Wynton Marsalis | 2:40 | ||
| 18 | Little Concert Piece | Wynton Marsalis | 3:04 | ||
| 19 | Narrator: "Musicians, You Must Play..." | Wynton Marsalis | 0:43 | ||
| 20 | Tango, Waltz, Ragtime | Wynton Marsalis | 7:27 | ||
| 21 | Narrator: "The Music Causes The Savior..." | Wynton Marsalis | 1:04 | ||
| 22 | Devil's Dance | Wynton Marsalis | 2:10 | ||
| 23 | Narrator: "The Music Was Too Strong..." | Wynton Marsalis | 0:34 | ||
| 24 | Little Chorale | Wynton Marsalis | 0:41 | ||
| 25 | The Devil's Song (BZB Speaks) | Wynton Marsalis | 0:58 | ||
| 26 | The Great Chorale | Wynton Marsalis | 3:49 | ||
| 27 | Narrator: "But Beatrice Connors..." | Wynton Marsalis | 4:20 | ||
| 28 | The Blues On Top | Wynton Marsalis | 2:25 |
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