Early Autumn (Summer Sequence, Part IV)
Context
From the fourth movement of Summer Sequence, a concert piece by Ralph Burns, the theme was recorded on December 27, 1947 by Woody Herman's Second Herd. Stan Getz's short solo, then 21 years old, made it famous and marks the rise of cool. Johnny Mercer added lyrics in 1952.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.