Autumn Leaves (Concert by the Sea)

Erroll Garner · 1955 · Recorded on September 19, 1955 in Carmel-by-the-Sea (Columbia).

Context

A version of the song by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert and Johnny Mercer, captured in concert on September 19, 1955 in Carmel-by-the-Sea by an Armed Forces Radio Network engineer. Erroll Garner plays in a trio. Released by Columbia, the tape was judged to be of uneven sound quality (piano a little out of tune, bass and drums in the background), but the album had passed one million dollars in retail sales by 1958.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 24, 2026: AUTUMN LEAVES - ITINÉRAIRE DE FEUILLES MORTES (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Misty (Erroll Garner) (1954)

Sources

• EN: Concert by the Sea

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