Early Autumn (song)

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"Early Autumn"
Song
Written Johnny Mercer
Genre Jazz
Composer(s) Ralph Burns
Woody Herman
Lyricist(s) Johnny Mercer

"Early Autumn" is a song composed by Ralph Burns and Woody Herman with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song grew out of the fourth segment of Burns's "Summer Sequence" concert piece. [1] The original recording was made by Herman's second herd on December 27, 1947, which had a notable eight-bar solo by saxophonist Stan Getz. [2] Herman asked Johnny Mercer to write lyrics in 1952 and he re-recorded the song taking the vocal duties himself. [3]

Contents

Woody Herman and Jo Stafford recorded versions of the song that both charted in the US in 1952. [4]

Notable covers

Personnel

Personnel on the 1947 recording were: [11] [12]

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