'Tis Autumn
1941 jazz standard
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'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]
- Redd Foxx (as Fred Sanford) and guest star Timmie Rogers sing it in the 1975 "Brother, Can You Spare an Act?" episode of Sanford and Son.[8]
- American jazz singer Stacey Kent covered it for her 2003 album The Boy Next Door.[9]
- It has also been covered by Stan Getz, Bruce Eskovitz, Carmen McRae, Lee Konitz, Spike Robinson, Eddie Higgins and Bennie Wallace.[10]
