'Tis Autumn

'Tis Autumn is a 1941 jazz standard written by Henry Nemo.[1] It was first recorded by Nat King Cole.

Other recordings

• It was later recorded by Chet Baker several times, including his 1959 album Chet,[2] and later with Bill Evans.
• Red Garland recorded it for his 1959 album All Kinds of Weather[3]
• Jackie Paris recorded it for The Song Is Paris (1962).[4]
• Joe Pass recorded it for several albums, including Simplicity (1967)[5] *Checkmate (1981)[6] and one with Ella Fitzgerald for their 1976 album Fitzgerald and Pass... Again.[7]
• American jazz singer Stacey Kent covered it for her 2003 album The Boy Next Door.[8]
• It has also been covered by Stan Getz, Bruce Eskovitz, Carmen McRae, Lee Konitz, Spike Robinson, Eddie Higgins and Bennie Wallace.[9]
• While not issued as a record, the song was featured in the 1975 "Brother, Can You Spare an Act?" episode of the TV series Sanford & Son, sung by star Redd Foxx and tiple-playing singer-comedian Timmie Rogers.

References

1. "Search Results for ''tis autumn' | SecondHandSongs".
2. Carner, Gary (2012). Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8108-8256-0.
3. The Jazz Review. Kraus Reprint Company. 1960. p. 25.
4. Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (1963). The Gramophone. General Gramophone Publications Limited. p. 45.
5. Hi Fi/stereo Review. Ziff-Davis. 1967. p. 94.
6. Lord, Tom (1 June 1997). The Jazz Discography. Lord Music Reference. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-881993-16-2.
7. "Fitzgerald and Pass... Again". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
8. "The Boy Next Door". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
9. "'Tis Autumn". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 12 November 2015.