Starting off with Chet Baker’s 1958 take on the Nat “King” Cole classic: “‘Tis Autumn” (
https://youtu.be/oadsDshQpOc?si=BgcZr-X2uW3XjWzh)
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Chet Baker - 'Tis Autumn (Mono/Remastered 2023) (Official Audio)
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Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
YouTubeColtrane. Getz. Kelly. Chambers. and Cobb. Here they are with their versions of “Autumn Leaves” in medley with “What’s New” and “Moonlight in Vermont” (
https://youtu.be/HE9bRhUwELE?si=WwL6fFSJD-5rL7qG) and “Autumn in New York” (
https://youtu.be/pc6CWfBgIt8?si=mUDlaTLGWnq-ocBp) This is from their 1960 concert in Düsseldorf, Germany that you can watch/listen to here (
https://youtu.be/JmXOrzlehtE?si=zZIBmn6cCcTHuqKy) (Sorry it’s colorized)
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John Coltrane & Stan Getz - Autumn Leaves/What's New/Moonlight in Vermont (Live 1960)
YouTubeMore “Autumn in New York”? More “Autumn in New York”! (
https://youtu.be/OI7Cl0zVG1Q?si=eCDVbFoQ4CNsQscQ) this time by the dynamic duo of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald . You can hear more of them together on the 2023 “Duke & Ella, Duke & Louis and Louis & Ella” playlist (
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTftZnLPwMoTT81gM32QXDNVK&si=x1QCrY4WVS28XZkv)
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Autumn in New York Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald
Otoño en N. York - Fantástica versión por el dueto Ella Fitzgerald y Louis Armstrong.
YouTubeNow for the dearly missed Ahmad Jamal’s take on “Autumn Leaves” (
https://youtu.be/xnW9wNN_IVg?si=UpwQS4jie99WBUN9) featuring James Cammack, Herlin Riley and Manolo Badrena
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Ahmad Jamal - Autumn Leaves - Palais des Congrès Paris 2017 - LIVE HD
YouTubeA late addition that was too good to pass up: Wynton Marsalis and his father, the late great Ellis Marsalis with “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” (
https://youtu.be/MCJi0th3L3I?si=ATJKaXQhWNc1lNX4)
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In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
YouTubeThe Gershwins “Foggy Day” from the 1937 Fred Astaire musical comedy “A Damsel in Distress” phenomenal Hazel Scott with Charles Mingus and Rudy Nichols (
https://youtu.be/FWX8Tlu8Bqg?si=_-w0c11LJSDSqMpO)
#RetroView #HazelScott #CharlesMingus #RudyNichols #Jazz
Hazel Scott w/Charles Mingus and Rudy Nichols. "Foggy Day"
YouTubeCount Basie and His Orchestra (which included Herschel Evans, Ed “Tiger” Lewis and Lester Young!!) with their 1938 ballad “Blue and Sentimental” (
https://youtu.be/uJrDC-bqw_o?si=kI4PcmOmoq0-e3Wx)
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"Blue and Sentimental" (1938) Count Basie with Herschel Evans and Lester Young
YouTubeAnita O’Day with The Ralph Burns Orchestra with a jazz-y version of the Tin Pan Alley song “Lullaby of the Leaves” (
https://youtu.be/_byK6QD-CaY?si=pNn98IL1oa68lfyE)
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Lullaby Of The Leaves (1952) - Anita O'Day
YouTubeSamara Joy’s take on the Joe Myrow Jazz standard “Autumn Nocturne” (
https://youtu.be/OEt-cG_MqvU?si=D5sQ3J25lrvMyJpi) is from her October 2024 album “Portrait” (
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neFZDJN-lVQXTzalZD4E6fgSr4wSUhuUA&si=_rafbyjoJ02ECspN) which is a late entry to my list of “Favorite Albums of 2024”
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Samara Joy - Autumn Nocturne (Visualizer)
YouTubeHerbie Hancock and Friedrich Gulda with Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” (
https://youtu.be/0QplmRgXVr0?si=5wKNE051w7cNIVta) which was originally written for the 1932 musical “Gay Divorce”. You watch/listen to Herbie Hancock and Friedrich Gulda’s 1989 concert in Germany with Joe Zawinul here (
https://youtu.be/Ozck4lFh0fE?si=IleMgN0mVKzcJDM5)
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Gulda & Herbie Hancock -Night and day
YouTubeTrumpeter Clark Terry, Guitar virtuoso George Benson and Flutist James Moody with “Misty” (
https://youtu.be/aRlRaEKeBig?si=rOAYg1WV78_H3-YH)
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Clark Terry, George Benson & James Moody - Misty - Pori Jazz festival 1988
YouTubeActress and musician Julie London with one of her signature songs: “November Twilight” (
https://youtu.be/f7sH16kMn7c?si=jrPuZWXln8s7UKhj)
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YouTubeI know it’s not September anymore but here the Divine Sarah Vaughan with “September in the Rain” (
https://youtu.be/TEOzIc9LHGg?si=pNHeQh133rLccGDb). You can find this entire 1964 concert in Sweden here (
https://youtu.be/_J8x-XueOQE?si=I5IR_5HK6YxfAgfi)
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Sarah Vaughan - September In The Rain (Live from Sweden) Mercury Records 1958
YouTubeBlossom Dearie with Tom Jones’s “Soon It’s Gonna Rain” (
https://youtu.be/uKemuP8kgng?si=e0Z45L6hSbq7iaTv) from her 1967 album of the same name
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Blossom Dearie "Soon It's Gonna Rain" (1967)
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