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. Ella Fitzgerald can pull it off, too, with her voice like smoky maple syrup. 'Autumn in New York' is a jazz standard and popular song composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934.
The Empire State Building can be seen through the arch. Verse 1 Start spreading the news, Im leaving today I want to be a part of it: New York, New York These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it: New. Washington Square Park, north side of park. Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. In this recording, Oscar Peterson is glittering on the piano.
The building in the middle was Edward Hopper's home and studio.īillie Holiday, the first to record "Autumn in New York," completely mastered the balanced tone and sentiment of the song. Other songs written for Thumbs Up currently included in the Cafe Songbook. The new World Trade Center in the distance. Hearing his version of Autumn in New York makes me wish we had more clarinet in jazz. The notes themselves were enough for the likes of Charlie Parker and the Modern Jazz Quartet. Clarinet De Franco rose to prominence at the tail end of the big band era and went on to become one of the few bebop clarinetists. No wonder Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, and a hundred of other crooners wanted to record such a song. The lyrics tie the sight of autumn in New York with a wistful sense of home in the big city, "the promise of new love," and a grateful acceptance for the ways things are, even when mingled with pain. Vernon Duke (1903-1969), né Vladimir Dukelsy, wrote the music and lyrics for "Autumn in New York," the jazz standard that originated in the 1934 Broadway musical Thumbs Up!. The title line is brilliant, with its descending notes like falling autumn leaves. Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting Autumn in New York, it spells the thrill of first-nighting Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds. "It's autumn in New York." Walking around the city this season, in what looks to be one of the most splendid foliage seasons of recent memory, the song just can't be helped.
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