Autumn Leaves - Jazz Piano - Solo improvisation

This is my piano solo version of this nice tune.

The piano is the Black Grand from Sampletekk

You can also visit my other new channel:
http://www.youtube.com/JustPianoforte
There I just start to make some tutorials for Jazz musicians beginners, and more :-)


More informations.
Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "Dead Leaves") with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, English lyrics were written in 1947 by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer. It has become a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, and as an instrumental. "Les feuilles mortes" was introduced by Yves Montand in 1946 for the film Les Portes de la Nuit.[1]

The film Autumn Leaves (1956) starring Joan Crawford featured the song, which was sung by Nat King Cole over the title sequence. The French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg wrote "La chanson de Prévert" as a tribute to this song.

About the composer:
Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg Solti. He started to play the piano at age 5, and later took piano lessons. At the age of 11, he wrote his first opera, Christmas in the Trenches. After completing his education at the Gymnasium Franz-Josef, he attended the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leo Weiner. He also studied with Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy. He earned diplomas in composition and conducting. He won a grant to study in Berlin in 1928. There, he met Lilli Apel, another musician, whom he later married. Kosma also met and studied with Hanns Eisler in Berlin. He also became acquainted with Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel.
Kosma and his wife emigrated to Paris in 1933. Eventually, he met Jacques Prévert, who introduced him to Jean Renoir. During World War II and the Occupation of France, Kosma was placed under house arrest in the Alpes-Maritimes region, and was banned from composition. However, Prévert managed to arrange for Kosma to contribute music for films, with other composers fronting for him. Among his credits are the scores to these classic French films: The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (telefilm, 1959), La Grande Illusion, Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), and The Rules of the Game (1939). He was also known for writing the standard classical-Jazz piece "Les feuilles mortes" "Autumn Leaves" (with French lyrics by Jacques Prévert, and later English lyrics by Johnny Mercer), which was derived from music in Marcel Carné's film Les Portes de la Nuit (1946).
Kosma's mother and brother were killed by the Arrow Cross Nazi auxiliaries in 1944. Kosma himself was wounded in an explosion in August 1944 in France. Kosma's father survived the war, and died in 1957. Joseph Kosma died outside Paris in 1969 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.

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[lilnin2010]

Who is this person that's playing this version and where can I purchase his CD? If anyone knows accurately please inform me please...

[PianistaItaliano]

@lilnin2010 It's not so difficult if you follow the links :-)

his name is Alfonso Gugliucci and you find his albums on iTunes or Amazon

Thanks for your support.

[pliuworld]

@PianistaItaliano Follow what links?

[PianistaItaliano]

@pliuworld the link that I posted on the music-mowie, just click on it

[pliuworld]

@PianistaItaliano Do you mean the MySpace link for the stereo sound? It gives an error and doesn't go anywhere.

[PianistaItaliano]

@pliuworld Hi, it seems that you are looking for this song but with better sound quality .Unfortunately does not exists, at least for now ... the "myspace" link was deleted, and the audio was also not better

quality of this version here.

However, thanks for your interest in my music

[JayBoogie950]

I have my whole life ahead of me... I will play like this one day...

[musicalpam]

You're piano playing is stunning! I just found you here today ... but intend to get your CD.  You're series of music is beautiful. You make the piano keys "talk".

[jisinstube]

what digital piano is that??

[7Blacksteel7]

Relaxing...maybe I'll use this for studying my homework...

[ljosua]

hello, i wanna ask, what digital piano is that? thanks :D

[nellie2581]

Autumn Leaves (Feuilles mortes)

[snipeize]

Can I beg you for the scores........

[kenpomaster3]

nice chord progression, but that wasn t autumn leaves