Beegie Adair Trio “Autumn Leaves”

The iconic Beegie Adair Trio performs the jazz classic “Autumn Leaves,” (“Les Feuilles Mortes”) written by Joseph Kosma

“Autumn Leaves” is said to have been recorded nearly 1400 times by mainstream and modern jazz musicians alone and is the eighth most-recorded tune by jazzmen.

The first commercial recordings of “Les Feuilles mortes” were released in 1950, by Cora Vaucaire and by Yves Montand. Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyric and gave it the title “Autumn Leaves”