SKU: A0.499517

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  Jazz versions have been performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Ahmad Jamal, Salvador Sobral, Al Haig and Diana Krall, The song was also recorded by Jo Stafford, and by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald as a duet.

SKU: A0.1241440

The familiar melody is always clear, but the context shifts continually, finally moving into a suprising waltz-time conclusion.   Jazz influenced, but no improvisation is required.  The sound file is from a clarinet quartet version of the chart, which is similar but not identical.

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SKU: A0.850639

Autumn in New York is a jazz standard and popular song composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but Duke offered it to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up!. The play opened on December 27, 1934 where the song was performed by singer J. Harold Murray. Many versions of the song have been recorded over the years by numerous musicians and singers. The only version to achieve chart success as a single in the USA was that by Frank Sinatra which reached No. 27 in 1949. Jazz versions have been performed by The Hi Lo's, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Ahmad Jamal, Buddy De Franco, Salvador Sobral, Al Haig, Diana Krall, and a duet version by Scottish singers Todd Gordon and Carol Kidd. The song was also recorded by Jo Stafford, and by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald as a duet. This version for Solo Alto Saxophone and Orchestra requires your soloist to be able to improvise.

SKU: A0.697657

Autumn in New York is a jazz standard and popular song by Vernon Duke composed in 1934. Many versions have been recorded over the years. Jazz versions have been performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Ahmad Jamal,  Diana Krall, Jo Stafford, and by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald as a duet.
This arrangement for Intermediate Piano in the key of F major is in McIntire's The Vintage Piano Bar Series. Other titles in the series available at this web site include: Misty, Satin Doll, Skylark, Summertime and Ain't Misbehavin'.