Jazz Before Bedtime: Woody Herman - Early Autumn

Woody Herman - Early Autumn

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Tonight's track moves us forward a bit in history from the 1930s to the late 1940s. This is Woody Herman's Second Herd playing his composition Early Autumn. The classical-inspired harmony and airy tone of Woody Herman's big bands of the late '40s were a big influence on the development of the cool jazz movement of the early '50s. Many alumni of this band, included Stan Getz (the featured soloist here), Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Jimmy Giuffre would go on to gain plenty of fame in their own right.