Autumn in New York (song)


 * For the 2000 film directed by Joan Chen, see Autumn in New York (film). For the 1950 album by Jo Stafford, see Autumn in New York (Jo Stafford album).

"Autumn in New York" is a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in 1934 for the Broadway musical Thumbs Up! which opened on December 27, 1934, performed by J. Harold Murray. Many versions of the song have been recorded over the years by numerous musicians and singers.

Jazz versions have been performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan and Sheila Jordan. A duet of the song was also recorded by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Among the instrumental performances of the tune is a legendary version by guitarist Tal Farlow.

Notable recordings

 * 1946 – Charlie Parker
 * 1947 – Bud Powell
 * 1949 – Frank Sinatra
 * 195? – Arthur Godfrey
 * 195? – Gunnar Johnson
 * 195? – Shafi Hadi Sextet
 * 1950 – Jo Stafford
 * 1951 – Barbara Carroll
 * 1951 – Charles Mingus
 * 1951 – Charlie Mariano
 * 1951 – Mary Lou Williams
 * 1951 – Stan Kenton
 * 1952 – Billie Holiday
 * 1952 – Modern Jazz Quartet
 * 1952 – Oscar Peterson
 * 1952 – Teddy Wilson
 * 1952 – Dan Terry and His Orchestra
 * 1953 – Bob Freeman Trio
 * 1953 – Buddy DeFranco
 * 1953 – Johnny Smith
 * 1953 – Sal Salvador
 * 1953 – Sonny Stitt
 * 1954 – Buddy Banks and Bobby Jaspar
 * 1954 – Chet Baker
 * 1954 – Clifford Brown
 * 1954 – Gene Krupa
 * 1954 – Shelly Manne
 * 1954 – Tal Farlow
 * 1955 – Bobby Short
 * 1955 – George Wallington
 * 1955 – Hampton Hawes
 * 1955 – Johnny Costa
 * 1955 – Lawrence Brown
 * 1956 – Ella Fitzgerald
 * 1956 – Jeri Southern
 * 1956 – Kenny Dorham
 * 1956 – Louis Armstrong
 * 1956 – Norrie Paramor
 * 1956 – Phineas Newborn
 * 1956 – Sanford Gold
 * 1956 – The Modern Jazz Quartet
 * 1956 – Sarah Vaughan
 * 1957 – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
 * 1957 – Frank Sinatra
 * 1957 – Al Haig
 * 1958 – Ahmad Jamal
 * 1958 – André Previn
 * 1958 – Kenny Burrell
 * 1958 – Red Callender
 * 196? – Enoch Light and Command All-Stars
 * 1960 – Roosevelt Wardell
 * 1961 – Ramsey Lewis
 * 1962 – The Three Sounds
 * 1962 – Walt Dickerson
 * 1963 – Johnny Mathis
 * 1963 – Mel Tormé
 * 1964 – Caterina Valente
 * 1965 – Jimmy Roselli
 * 1971 – Shirley Bassey
 * 1972 – Art Van Damme
 * 1974 – George Shearing
 * 1974 – Tete Montoliu
 * 1975 – Stéphane Grappelli with Slam Stewart
 * 1976 – Larry Coryell
 * 1977 – George Coleman
 * 1977 – Bing Crosby
 * 1978 – Dudley Moore Trio
 * 1979 – Chico Freeman
 * 1980 – Adam Makowicz
 * 1980 – Dardanelle
 * 1981 – Heath Brothers
 * 1981 – Marian McPartland
 * 1981 – Warren Vaché
 * 1982 – Gordon Lee
 * 1983 – New York Pops
 * 1983 – Great Jazz Trio
 * 1983 – Jay McShann
 * 1984 – Kenny Barron
 * 1985 – Fumio Karashima
 * 1985 – Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
 * 1985 – Tiziana Ghiglioni with Melillo
 * 1986 – Niels Lan Doky
 * 1986 – Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
 * 1987 – Al Cohn
 * 1987 – Paul Cacia
 * 1988 – Cedar Walton & the VIP Trio
 * 1988 – Roland Hanna
 * 1988 – Yehudi Menuhin
 * 1989 – Harry Connick, Jr.
 * 1989 – Louis Hayes Sextet
 * 1990 – Cecil Brooks III
 * 1990 – Claude Williamson Trio
 * 1990 – Eddie Harris Quartet
 * 1990 – Richard Rodney Bennett
 * 1990 – Steve Kuhn
 * 1991 – Massimo Urbani
 * 1991 – Rosemary Clooney
 * 1991 – Walter Bishop, Jr.
 * 1992 – Greg Gisbert
 * 1992 – Jeff Linsky
 * 1992 – Paul Weston
 * 1992 – Ray Anthony Orchestra
 * 1993 – Curtis Fuller
 * 1993 – Indigo
 * 1993 – Susan Freeman
 * 1993 – The Manhattan Project
 * 1994 – Sandra King
 * 1994 – Franco d'Andrea, Giovanni Tommaso and Roberto Gatto
 * 1994 – Allan Vache
 * 1994 – Errol Parker
 * 1994 – Hideaki Yoshioka
 * 1994 – Jo Stafford
 * 1994 – Joe Lovano and Aldo Romano
 * 1994 – Martin Litton
 * 1995 – Anthony Braxton and Mario Pavone
 * 1995 – Bill Broughton & Orchestra of the Americas
 * 1995 – Bireli Lagrene, Minh Doky Nder and Ceccarelli
 * 1995 – Mark Whitfield
 * 1995 – Naima
 * 1995 – Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Antonio Hart
 * 1996 – Anders Persson Trio
 * 1996 – Bill Mays
 * 1996 – Claude Gordon
 * 1996 – David "Fathead" Newman
 * 1996 – Dennis Rowland
 * 1996 – Ewan Svensson Trio
 * 1996 – Ralph Marterie
 * 1996 – The Hi-Lo's
 * 1996 – The Sentimental Strings
 * 1996 – Valery Ponomarev
 * 1997 – Alvaro Is Rojas
 * 1997 – Bruce Barth
 * 1997 – Carol Kidd
 * 1997 – Carol Sloane & Clark Terry
 * 1997 – Frederick Washington, Jr.
 * 1997 – Kimiko Itoh
 * 1997 – Nat Simpkins
 * 1997 – Putte Wickman
 * 1997 – Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
 * 1998 – Arthur Prysock
 * 1998 – Dexter Gordon
 * 1998 – Ebony Big Band
 * 1998 – Lena Horne
 * 1998 – Mark Turner
 * 1998 – Paul Kendall
 * 1998 – Singers Unlimited
 * 1998 – Sweet Jazz Trio
 * 1999 – David Liebman and John Scofield
 * 1999 – David Murray
 * 1999 – Dawn Upshaw
 * 1999 – Helge Schneider
 * 1999 – Martin Taylor, David Grisman, Acoustic Jazz Quartet
 * 1999 – Ron Affif
 * 1999 – Sun Ra
 * 2000 – Mark Turner and Tad Shull
 * 2000 – Al Porcino
 * 2000 – Buddy Weed
 * 2000 – Charlie Byrd
 * 2000 – Elly Rosenthal
 * 2000 – Jamey Aebersold
 * 2000 – John Stetch
 * 2000 – Mike Hatchard and Herbie Flowers
 * 2000 – Russ Peterson
 * 2000 – Si Perkoff
 * 2000 – The Drummonds
 * 2000 – Yvonne Washington
 * 2001 – Andy Ezrin
 * 2001 – Armando Noriega
 * 2001 – Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt
 * 2001 – Saisa
 * 2001 – Susan Sutton Trio
 * 2001 – The Pete Cater Big Band
 * 2001 – Polly Bergen
 * 2002 – Ann Crumb
 * 2002 – Karen Mason
 * 2002 – Lisa Ives
 * 2002 – Lol Coxhill
 * 2002 – Lori Bell
 * 2002 – Marcel Azzola and Dany Doriz
 * 2002 – Percy Faith
 * 2002 – Ron Eschete
 * 2002 – The Dutch Jazz Orchestra & Jerry van Rooyen
 * 2002 – Carl Saunders
 * 2003 – Bobby Hackett
 * 2003 – Charlie Spivak
 * 2003 – Christine Andreas
 * 2003 – Donald Brown
 * 2003 – Gianni Basso and Roberto Sellani
 * 2003 – Jim Hartog
 * 2003 – Joe Augustine
 * 2003 – Joe Wilder
 * 2003 – John Hicks and Elise Wood
 * 2003 – Pete Malinverni
 * 2003 – Roger Rosenberg
 * 2003 – Sheila Jordan
 * 2003 – Stevie Holland
 * 2003 – Theano
 * 2004 – Eileen Mager
 * 2009 – Frode Kjekstad
 * 2009 – Heath Brothers
 * 2011 – Ferit Odman