'Tis Autumn Explained

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.

Notes and References

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