Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2014
- The new orchestral Eva Cassidy album I CAN ONLY BE ME is released 3rd March 2023 evacassidy.lnk.to/ICanOnlyBeMe
Restored footage of Eva Cassidy performing Autumn Leaves. The performance took place at the Blues Alley jazz supper club in Georgetown, DC, on the 3rd January 1996.
Recorded by Bryan McCulley on 3 January 1996. - เพลง
I am abroad, alone. I went to a coffee house today. I sat by a corner, on a table for four. I am reading this book, the Bridges of Madison County. There is a part that refers to this song, I've never heard before. I searched it, played it on my headphones. I left cause the store was closing. I kept listening to it on my way to nowhere, I didn't want to return home. It was raining and by the seventh time of listening to it, I started crying.
One of my favourite books. This song (cover) is awesome and fits the book/film vibe so well.
Cancer is a Mean Bitch...taking this Beautiful Songbird at 33
RIP Sweetie..
I'm not much into ol Proverbs..or Biblical Parabolic BS...BUT...
here's a Very Poignant one...'Only the Good Die Young'..
Huge Bummer..
Eva's version of Yesterday ?...
when all our Troubles seemed so Far Away...Hmmmm ?..
So much for all this Cyborg Progress..
It's more like an Angry Egress to this ol Sailor
My grandmother sang this to all the grandkids, putting us to bed. She passed 2 years ago, and I'm ugly crying, listening to this. Thank You. ❤
Eva is the first person I'm gonna look up in heaven just to thank her for this performance.
you & me both...
Count me in.
That's a good way to put it-, johannesk1855----some of her renditions are simply beyond comparable, e.g., like this one. In some of her long, sustained notes, I think of Nina Simone at her finest, but that's just part of Eva's singing, just part of her gifts---she does so many wonderful things---there's nothing like it.
Me too
I am a musician. How I had never heard of Eva Cassidy, I don't know. What I can tell you though is that the first time I heard this song, I was mesmerized. I listened to it no less than 20 times in a row. It's perfect. Truly perfect. What's even more amazing is that it almost didn't get out because it was done live and the first night the recording never was recorded by mistake and the second night, Eva was sick and she was not happy with how it sounded... not happy with how it sounded? It's perfect. It haunts me. No one could ever do this song better. No one. What a tragedy to lose her so young.
I'm a musician also and did not hear of Eva until after she was gone, or I would have made an attempt to go hear her in person! Now, I have listened to everything that I can find that she sang; what a talent she was. She preferred to work small clubs though, not tour the world. A bit shy, a sensitive artist and lovely lady, it's so sad that we lost her too soon. RIP, Eva.
Thank you for sharing that Grant. I know what you mean. I had never heard of her either. Another thing people don't know either is she was a wonderful artist too. They made a website for her. Such a tragedy to lose this angel so young. Another one is Fields of Gold and Over the Rainbow. Everything she did..is a gem.
⚘
Just discovered this and Eva also. I had to listen 3 times in a row. This song has been done an infinite amount of times but THIS one! Wow! I'm speechless. Just wow!
Grant Lewis “Death Is Our Final. Enemy “
I was today years old when i learned who Eva Cassidy was, it was also today that i fell in love with her voice. We lost an absolutely phenomenal talent back in 1996.
Eva Cassidy will be listened to and marveled over for centuries to come...
Amen
I'm glad youtube exists. Eva Cassidy
She made me cry. What a magical voice
Rae Lou You are not the only one who had tears in her eyes. This is magnificent.
Rae Lou everytime..
Rae Lou sweet pain
Rae Lou Your not alone, waterworks when I listen to this magnificent rendition.
+Bart Drennon The thing that struck me the most about this video is the amazing focus she had...the presence. It is magical, it is beyond what most of us are capable of.
You would think a song that has been covered a hundred times couldn’t be redefined- but she does it, utterly transforms it- this version is unique and unparalleled. ❤️
I wish there was a “Love a million times” button! God she was fabulous!
There is nothing, absolutely nothing to touch this beautiful voice, performance and song. This must be the saddest loss for us to lose Eva far too young.there will never be another Eva! Thank you darling girl.xx
It's been 1 year since my wife passed. Autumn was her favorite time for us to take walk through the forest just holding hands. Eva's beautiful and emotional interpretation of the lyrics brings comforting memories. May your both rest in peace.
I can guess this means something very special to you, then.
God bless her soul. May she rest in peace. May perpetual light shine upon her. May her good and gentle soul through the Mercy of God rest in peace in Jesus' Holy Name, Amen. God bless and give you peace and solace. Amen.
❤
My Carol Ann went home in 2011. This song and Eva's enchanting voice bring tears of longing for my darling Carol.
BEAUTIFUL PRAYER
Never fails to make me tear up - and I am an 83-year-old male who has never before had any singer do that.
What a loss
Dearest Mr Power, please have a listen to the work she did with Chuck Brown if it hasn't found you yet! ❤
her voice gives me goosebumps and I cannot listen too often much as I love it because it makes me so emotional
Blues alien angel
@@crivsmum4820 I feel like you ..
What a gain.
May of 2024 and Eva still brings tears. Absolutely stunning.
Always.
i am in tears because i was only introduced to her last summer
I just heard this for the very first time and I'm in tears. Beautiful.
True 😢
@@dawnmclawrence2937 I'm sorry for your loss, God bless you in your great sorrow.
Autumn Leaves is a jazz standard, covered by countless musicians and singers. So often it's done in an up-tempo swing style. Eva's rendition is soul-wrenching in its expression of love and loss. It immediately made me realize that no one has ever performed this the way it needed to be performed - this is what the song is really about, and it should always be done like this.
And it should be mentioned that the piano interlude is brilliant in the shape of its line, its reworking of the melody, its building to successive high points - a perfect complement to Eva's impeccable voice and arrangement.
This is truly a perfect performance. You could not change a note of it.
Sometimes stripping stuff down and keeping the musical essentials makes the emotional impact a little more direct too especially whne you're dealing with purer emotions like loss.
agree…
something about her drew me in and once i heard this…
reckon i knew why…
Gracias por enseñarme apenas entiendo el ingles un poquito pero aun asi la voz y esa perfeccion melomana me tramsporta a una meditacion gracias amigo bemdiciones
Eva's versions are the first example I ever think of on how to cover a song and make it your own. Eva's cover was a different song than the original, a unique one
Have loved Eva for many years and Autumn Leaves always brings tears to my eyes. My mother’s favorite song and with it, the memories. May Evas memory always be for a blessing.
I cry every time I come back to listen to Eva’s performance of Autumn Leaves.
Have you heard her version of Fields of Gold ? Perfection
The world lost a singer and human being who had a once in a millennium voice.
How could you fear dying if it means you might be able to meet this magnificent creature in heaven?
+Roslyn Holloway Hi, Roslyn. I think of my late husband when I listen to this melody...He died 4 yrs. ago at age 64 of angiosarcoma.
You just spent 4 minutes and 42 seconds in heaven.
I am a professional cellist and this performance displays some of the most sophisticated musical phrasing I have ever witnessed. It is sublime and inspirational for other musicians, as well as the general public.
Beautifully stated
I was busy in kitchen one Sunday morning preparing lunch, when this voice came over with "Over the rainbow" l dropped what l was doing till she finished, cuz l wanted to get the name. It was the first time I heard of her. I've been hooked since.
Right on! I'm a professional whistler (yes even with symphonies) nd vocalist, and I only wish I could articulate phrase like Eva. I've listened to countless versions of AL and many are excellent, but hers stands out above the rest. It not just tasteful, but also super creative, and mournful beyond this world. I need to incorporate some of her into my version. Here's a very short version I did recently recorded : th-cam.com/video/MWjRUhiJjsw/w-d-xo.html
That she can sing so well and play interesting guitar parts is a plus. She's gone, but not her spirit and an inspiration!
One of the best, if not THE best versions. I'll die on this hill.@@johnscanlen1860
I'm a professional producer and have just been given a young girl with similar qualities, I've never listened to Eva before. The phrasing, tuning, tone, modulation and even mic technique are incredibly good. Pianist is superb too. Incredible dynamic range in her voice, wonderful!
This may be the most beautiful performance I’ve ever heard. Ever. 😊
It really is
It’ll never stop feeling tragic that she left the world of the living so soon. ❤
I am so grateful to the person that took the video of Eva Cassidy in the Blue Alley so many years ago and to whoever found that video and realized that Eva was truly a treasure to be shared with the world on You Tube - Thank you for whoever you are! It keeps my memories of my beautiful wife alive until I can join her with our God!
Just leaving this comment here to never forget to return to this amazing , out of this word performance.!
The Piano was soooo harmonized with Eva...
Singular talent...
Always remember instrument-practicing maestros that the human voice is the greatest instrument. RIP Eva.
my heart bleeds and smiles at once listening to every song by Eva....I was lost all those years but now I've found myself never to vanish again....
+fasihbk I'd have to agree with you, same for me
I agree also, I have found my inner self and now life makes so much more sense. People around me benefit from my understanding of life, love and song.
This is simply one of the best performances in the history of recorded music. Her incredible voice, the guitar, the piano, the pacing and incredible emotions put into it. Tears me up every time I watch this.
Totally
It was just another day in the office for them I think. They didn’t know what was around the corner.
You are absolutely right. One of the most wonderful things that anyone, anywhere will ever hear ❤️🙏☯️
I'm with you there my friend.
I couldn't agree more.
We miss you, most of all, darling Eva, when the leaves are falling and the autumn sun is blazing across distant fields of gold. Always and ever....
Remembering you Eva on this, the 26th anniversary of your passing. Through your extraordinary talent, you could never leave us! Thank you sweet angel Eva for sharing your gift with the world.
❤️
Hermosa e inigualable interpretación…Gracias a Dios por tu música ❤ y tu voz
Lovely Eva. May God shower His blessings upon you 🙏😇❤️
She's hypnotic. She doesnt need fancy arrangements. Just simplicity. She transforms simplicity to the sublime!
I agree with you.
I was walking by a music store on my way to meet a friend for dinner when I heard this song.
The voice captured my ear so I stopped and listened. It moved me.
I finished my cigarette then walked in and asked who this was and bought a copy if the cd Songbird.
So very glad it is on TH-cam here to share with anyone who enjoys it.
@@rikbison3499 Wonderful story! Greetings
from Germany!
thats love.
Her voice stops you and captures you.
That's a great orchestra.😍😇😃
God she’s good. Maybe the best live performance ever caught on tape. No auto tuning, just pure gold. ❤️
I would not disagree
yep
I wouldn't go as far as that, you probably lack the depth of knowledge in terms of music to make such claims, and I doubt you can name more than 1 excellent signer like her from other countries who regularly do concerts on this level or above. And there's 1000's of those around.
@@derbigpr500 WOW! - so aggressive. Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning? I never said she was the only great artist. FYI, I’m a musician and composer for over 30 years so bugger-off! 😆
@@derbigpr500 Such an odd comment
In 2002, I was in college and "Smallville" was one of my favorite shows. One night, I was watching Smallville and there was a funeral scene at the end of the episode. The most mesmerizing voice I'd ever heard started singing Cyndi Lauper's "Time after Time." I did some research and found out it was some lady named "Eva Cassidy." A few days later, I was in Walmart and happened to be looking through the CD section when I came across a very nondescript looking CD in a rather plain, brown case that was titled "Songbird" by Eva Cassidy. On a whim, I bought it and started playing it in the car on the way home. When this song came on, "Autumn Leaves" - I literally had to pull over and focus on the song, I was so mesmerized. It moved me to tears. I later bought every CD I could get my hands on, and I have loved Eva since then. Her music has blessed me since 2002, and I'm so overjoyed to still be listening to her in 2022.
Stephen, I just listened to "Autumn Leaves" a week or so ago right after posting one of my poems, "Fallen Leaves". I was moved to tears as well. I really didn't know why until I read she had died in 1996 at the age of 33. Sometimes we feel grief and sudden sadness for no reason and never find out why. This time I know why!
It is just stunning. I was driving myself to the airport maybe 20 years ago, and this came on the radio, and I nearly drove off the road - there are few things that can make me really emotional, but this does it every time, and I bet I've listened to this song 50 times.
Words fail me , except my tears flow through her voice , such a talent and gone to young
December 2023, and I am laying here recovering from surgery. This is the perfect person to listen to. So incredible and every note so all encompassing.
Be well! Wishing you a speedy recovery. ❤
I cannot believe this is live! This is not from here...Heavenly music... So pure...
Yes, her vocal control is amazing. Not many singers can pull it off. Dusty Springfield and Anne Murray could.
She was a friend. This is how I remember her....
Lara Fabian can
D. Infidel You were lucky to have a friend with such a beautiful spirit. And we are lucky to have her music
Hana Steffani Hail Jesus Its a Fcking Miracle
All it took for that perfect song was:
A guitar
A piano
and an angel.
Agree !!!
Angel for sure ❤️
So so sad
very true!
...and a player for the piano.
A great jazz standard touched by an angel.
I am enamored and taken by this live performance. Eva Cassidy’s guitar playing and vocal quality are impeccable. Recorded 1/3/96, I was five years old and now discovered it in 2023 at 32 years old. Thank you for sharing!
I miss my beautiful King Charles dog , when I hear this . She went to rainbow bridge two years ago this October .
RIP my little angel X
+Julie Price Sorry about your beloved furry friend. As a fellow dog owner, I know how much love they bring to our lives.
+Julie Price I miss my best furry friend Toby
A thousand studio takes could not reproduce this one magical performance.
The greatest version of Autumn Leaves I have ever heard.
There are times I just can't listen to her. The perfection of everything is so stunning and I know she is not doing it anymore. The total lack of pretension and the ability to make the words mean so much. Effortess loving of the emotion and the interpretation. Truly one of a wonderful kind.
I totally agree
Yes.
yes.
the utter sadness that pervades because such mesmeric beauty no longer graces our existence.
Eva was a gift to us from God! The emotion, the voice, the sadness in her voice is a thing of absolute beauty! Singers like this come around once in a lifetime!
Relax, close your eyes & let her angelic voice...carry you into PURE BLISS ~
R.I.P. Eva...
Hello Dorthy how are you doing today??
I have never heared such a beautiful Performance ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love all your comments. I hope everybody knows the book about her. You will not stop crying. Crying is healing.
This is out-of-this-world beautiful. Every time I hear this performance, I am filled with a restless need to somehow convey my appreciation. The 'like'-button just does not cut it.
My sentiments exactly. I cannot find the words. Sublime will do for now.
Try using your real name?
@@jimreid6370 ????
@@no-oneman.4140 let me think what “Jim Reid’s” REAL name is. ....... Oh I know, it’s Dick head!!!
Wow, amazing ❤️‼️
The heartbreak..the pain...the loss. Brilliant. Rest In Peace Eva.
+Teresa Smith You said it all Teresa.
Hello Terri how are you doing today...
I hope the recording of this concert survives into the far distant future. This is the best of humanity.
I can't stop loving you
My autumn leaves are starting to fall age at 85. Eva has captured some of my emotions with great feeling. I said goodbye to my sweetheart 4 and a half years ago. "We ll meet again" Love Eva's voice!!!!!
darrell shuck and when you meet again I'm sure your heart will be at its fullest again♡
God bless you .
Please take Jesus with you, when you go home ...
Very sorry for your loss and so glad you found your sweetheart. Hurts so much to lose real love but it hurts so much more not to ever have known it.
Darrell, I hope the last leaf hasn't fallen yet. With every leaf that does falls, I hope they slowly descend with windswept wonder and gently find their place in a field of invisible renewal.
I'm almost in disbelief that this is live! What a MASTERPIECE!! Wow, such emotion and depth. Absolutely perfect performance. This woman's voice was angelic. The world was so lucky to have her.
And I as well. I discovered this song nearly 8 years ago and only last year found this footage - only to realize it’s identical to the CD version. I can’t keep from coming back!
Beautiful, excellent cover version. It's perfect. This music will always touch my soul. ♥♥
Always loved her music....I am 79 yrs old & her voice is so genuine & beautiful.... taken so young RIP 😢
❤ totally agree 🥲
I TURN 79 IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, 2024.😊
EVA WAS AMAZING.👏👍
(GOOGLE KITTEN on "BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN" and ROBERT GOULET on "STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT" [on the Dimitris004 and daughter channel.😊)
From a music lover born and raised in Dallas, Texas, now residing in
🌠🌅Las Vegas, Nevada🌅🌠
My late husband loved her singing. He died in autumn 2001 and every time I play this song I think of him and cry.
🙏🙏🙏💜🌹🙏🙏🙏
20 years... my heart broke for you when I read this. I can only begin to imagine what that's like.
Do not cry Sue, nothing good ever dies.
Join wrvs as you meet others they will help with your grief good luck
Blessed are those who mourn Sue Watts, for they shall be comforted.
I'm just about speechless. There is just an overwhelming peace in Eva Cassidy's voice that can memorize and amaze you.
You just spent 4 minutes and 42 seconds in heaven. God is real
Yess!!
Im sorry, but I have to say bruh
@@timeless9517 not sure what you mean.
Don't give "god" credit of this amazing person's work.
@@Yaotzin51 Everybody is made in Gods image.
For some reason I always end up with tears in my eyes when I listen to Eva sing.
Hello Pete how are you doing today??
Me too.
This is beyond music. It’s something else. An experience. A direct link to the soul.
I am not a professional musician.
Just a human.
But I am transcended by what I just heard.
Merci for your gift, Eva.
Check out her version of "Over the Rainbow" for yourself. Best ever !
Frank knew how to find a song.. Eva just nailed every nuisance and feeling of loss that came with loving and losing 😢.
Eva cannot ever be replicated gone well before her time but her music still speaks to us now..
you can teach and learn a lot of stuff, but not taste, not feel, and not vocal tone. your pipes are your pipes, and they're all different. her voice was gold before she ever tried to figure out what to do with it- and that's a massive gift.
but everything else you hear here, everything she makes look so natural and easy- including what she's doing with her voice- is practiced and worked for. and man, did she ever make the effort worthwhile! talented people go their whole careers without achieving anything close to this. we're lucky to have these recordings. she was the real deal.
It's hard to listen to any other singer after listening to Eva Cassidy. She was simply incomparable. Hard to believe this is a live performance in a small club. This version of Autumn Leaves transcends perfection. What a cruel world we live in to have her taken from us so young.
Agreed. I’ve been a fan of hers now for many years. Time passes and then I rediscover her again and I realize all of her interpretations are the ones that have become the standard for me. She created so many little masterpieces with every song, each interpretation.
Or...what a beautiful world in which such a talent visits!
She carried so much emotion in that young voice.
Agreed.
It is far more cruel to live longer, fool.
Eva is like soft rain falling on beautiful flowers. Gorgeous.
Sublime.
What a beautiful comment...Eva's voice is like a soft rain on beautiful flowers"...
Grazie di essere esistita...
The first time I heard her on the Classical radio station, it sopped me in my track. Ever since, I have listened to all her songs. What a great talent. Gone too soon but she has left behind a legacy unparalleled. ❤❤
She added depth and substance to this song.....She is definitely a songbird from Heaven.
Blown away. When a musician can get a guy like me to weep like a baby . Just Magic. R.I.P. Eva
no one, NO ONE is like Eva Cassidy
To all aspiring singer, Don't attempt to cover Eva Cassiday. You'll always pale by comparison. Let her be the one and only Eva (angelic) Cassidy. Requiescat in pace, mi lady.
I'm a grown ass man and every I listen to the angel singing, my eyes turn fluid. My goodness. She messes me up emotionally. Forever an inspiration
I can't listen to her much because I too will dissolve into a weepy mess. You're not alone.
Its funny. It rips my heart out to listen to her, yet it's so addicting.
not on your own brother xx
My friend you not alone.
Listen to her singing...'Over the Rainbow'...and I agree with you
..Bobby
If nobody else in the comments has said it, thank you to Bryan McCulley for recording this precious footage.
Copy that...
Didnt he make a CD of this as well...
precious stuff
The poor girl is so sick here, yet she sings. It brings tears to my eyes.
@@kevinmoor26 please tell me the name of sick
TH-cam thought I might like this song. All I can say is it's so beautiful it made me cry
Hello Autumn how are you doing today??
I was driving when I heard this song the first time on the radio and had to pull over. I then purchased the cd and every one that came after.. i still cry when I think of her and how young she was when she died. She could pull so much emotion from a song. Her voice was like no other. She will always be one of my very favorite performers.
She was amazing. I loved discovering Jeff Buckley too, sad they were gone too soon.
She's completely free of affectation, vocal acrobatics or diva bullshit. Voice like a pure sine wave. Straight up sophisticated, curated vocal phrasing and impeccable taste - and you can tell it came to her quite naturally. Everything I've heard from her is like a $10,000 bottle of wine. So glad she left her mark. She'll be listened to for a hundred years.
Why would you waste your money on a $10,000 bottle of wine, douche bag? 🙄🤦🏻♂️
Spot on observation ... I agree with with your statement
100% this. Too many seem to think they have to perform vocal gymnastics nowadays when the simplicity of this just blows me away. Absolutely spellbinding
She is very famous in Europe and singers still today take care as their idol. Many musicians began to sing because of her. Unfortunately, here in the US not that many know who she is. A truly American star.
Many professional musicians cite her as an example of real vocal talent. And as you say no diva status. It was an example of real music by a real musician. No autotune software here.
As much as I enjoy the original jazz standard version of autumn leaves...this song, when sung by eva cassidy, connects with me on a different level- an entirely different level. So beautiful...and with a solo to match!
+Beth S Hey ! Maybe that's not what you meant and I misunderstood but the original music isn't a jazz tune - it's been covered into jazz later. Originally, it's a french song "Les Feuilles Mortes". And, yes, both jazz rendition of Cannonball Adderley and Eva Cassidy's singing are pure gold :)
Quentin B my mistake- had no idea about that!! thanks! (hmmm sounds like something I need to check out....)
+Beth S First full recording of it was by singer Cora Vaucaire. Later Yves Montand, who only sang parts of it in the movie the song was written for, also recorded full version.
You can find lot of covers atfer that - including Edith Piaf who sang it both in french and english,
R.I.P. Eva - we miss you so much 🎵
Apa kamu bercanda ?
I am weeping, hearing this song for the first time ever, found it by accident... My brother died almost 15 years ago in early october when the leaves were starting to fall. Ever since then autumn is the hardest time of the year for me.
My heart goes out to everyone who has lost somebody close to them.
Anita... my father died in October and a friend of mine sang this at his funeral. I can't get through the fall without listening to this many times. And a few times throughout the rest of the year. It so perfect captures our mourning, but also the natural cycle of life and death. I'm with you.
for the times our heart was full, and surely it is fulfilled over and over again...
❤️
As someone very close to my brother, I feel your pain. Some siblings don't love one another and that's even sadder than losing them.
attachment is the root cause of all sadness.
OMG. I've been a professonal musician all my life, and this song is one of my all-time favorites. I've heard everyone from Nat King Cole do it to Eva, and folks, this is without a doubt the greatest version ever recorded... period. But not only is she great vocally, but just listen to her chord changes on the guitar on this tune. This was a stupendous, world-class musician, from top to bottom. What a tremendous loss.
Beautifully said.
@@no-oneman.4140
My only regret is that so many people never got to experience her incredible talent. Thank God for her recordings...
I honestly don't think that Eva ever realized her own musical genius. She had an absolutely insane gift for varying dynamics, going from a soft pianissimo to a soaring fortissimo in one or two measures.
@@mikeprevost8650
Totally agree, my friend. But she had a very strong will, which a lot of record companies frankly don't like, unfortunately. That is why the power of the internet killed them all.
Grew up listening to the version by Jo Stafford. I like this one a little more.
Eva, my God!!! You make me want to give up singing because if I can't sing like this, what's the point?!? Honey, you brought tears to my eyes, and woke my ears, spirit and soul up!!! LOVE THIS!!!!!!!
Valerie, I get your point but please don't give up, I'm sure your voice is beautiful too. We all have to keep going through whatever tragedies we encounter and Im sure Eva would like yo to continue singing - love to you both.
I am also a musician. I was looking for a good cover of Autumn leaves when I came across eva. I had never heard of her until then. I had to Google and find out where she was playing live so I could hear her in person. I actually cried when I found out that she had passed away 😢
Heard that. I'm so happy for you that you found Eva. Bless You.
Same. I'm a jazz player and a friend had posted her version of Over The Rainbow. After less than 30 seconds of listening I felt that she was among the eternal musical titans, Coltrane, Hendrix, Mozart, Parker, Beethoven, etc. Then I read that she never had a recording contract and died only months after this performance. Never before have I felt such devastation over someone I didn't know of until 10 minutes before that.
I cried, too.
Indeed, such a loss to the world. Such a beautiful soul and of course incredible musician, interpreter and singer. I was also crushed when I heard she had passed at such a young age. We are bereft without her.
gone way too soon
I’m 62 but I grew up with this song. But I was raised on Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson and Pete Seeger Janis Ian all the really great singers / songwriters. Teach your children because they will learn to appreciate the tunes.
Eva, wherever you are, please know that numerous autumns have come and gone since you left ....but the fragrance and the hues of the fall feel sweeter and richer when us living mortals play this song against that backdrop. Nobody has, nor possibly will, sing this song so poignantly as you did. Bless your soul.
A random live take of a woman with a guitar in a bar, singing into a microphone. And it blows away 99.99% of all music ever recorded.
The control and artistry on display can't really be described in words. Mesmerizing.
It wasn't random...but the rest is correct
So True
The only thing that could possibly improve it is if she were singing Smelly Cat. But we can only ever approach perfection, but never arrive.
Eva’s perfect voice. My second favorite voice ever. She could scream into a towel and it would be better than today’s stuff!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ love you EVA!!!!!!!!!
Alan Hope Eva’s voice was heavenly perfection and I hate to say was.. Love Eva❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is as close as you can witness to perfection in a musical performance. Everything in every note and every pause is calibrated and yet played totally in the realm of feeling.
Her voice is so magical that people sometimes overlook the gorgeous guitar playing. Every song she covered she was able to make her own. She was able to plumb the depths of any song she chose. I miss her.
When you photograph someone in color, you capture the clothes they're wearing.
When you photograph someone in black & white, you capture their soul
Love you definition, i agree.
It's about integrity..
WHAT A GRE3AT OBSERVATION I AGREE PREFER B&W OVER COLOR ANY DAY
More agile excite me as love works well.😘😄
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Man, I remember when I discovered this. It was during the worst time of my life and I swear she saved me.
I love you comment. She wouldn't hesitate to do such a thing...what an gift she is!
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hope you're ok. music has saved me many times
he saved me during this pandemic. Her music let my emotion go that is burden for so long
Music IS a life saver
This is truly a classic rendition of autumn leaves , a live acoustic , accompanied by piano ! The mood Eva Cassidy creates reminds me of looking out a window on a rainy day , my tears mixed with the rain drops falling on my face ! Quite moving & prolific !! Great song !
Eva Cassidy's version of Autumn Leaves is the BEST I have ever heard. She had this uncanny way of bringing you into her with her voice. I will never forget the first time I heard her sing this song. It literally brought tears to my eyes.
I've heard Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald sing this song...beautifully. They sang it. This woman owned it. She took it apart, re-assembled it, infused it with her soul, her passions, her dreams and gave it to us. It was as if I had never heard it before. She not only gave something new to me, she drew something out of me. Her love for song aroused my love for listening. She danced with me...in a sense. I am touched. RIP Eva.
+* STAR * I cry every time...and, I'm a dude.
+kweju3 Eva was the master at interpretation and arranging. So beautiful.
+Lynne Z Absolutely true. Eva could do this with every song. She made each song her own, by rearranging the melody to take it to a place nobody had thought of, and doing it in the most soulful and authentic way. She was an original, even when she was doing covers.
+Thora F Absolutely right.
+kweju3 Yes. I felt this, too.
When a song brings a tear to your eye and makes the hair on your neck tingle, you know you’re listening to liquid gold. Eva we miss you too! 💔
Wonderful song Eva🥰
Im a musician and this lady 'shows me what true genius is. Tears are about to roll down my cheeks. She was stolen from us.
Every time I hear this I am stunned.
Everyone commenting on her voice, but her mastery of playing the guitar as its own entity like that is no easy task.
I have marveled at the same thing. She is a superb guitar player, and to do it while singing like that is other worldly. But a lot of people can play guitar well. But nobody can sing like her. And it's live, WOW!
And she sang . . .live . . .over that playing . . .I'm a player and sometimes a singer but what she does here is almost astonishing. "Exquisite" as a word idea is here redefined!!
Exactly! THAT is why I'm so, so, so bummed out that her playing was not shown properly.
Playing proper clean chords, making the music the focus and not the actual playing is very underestimated. I think it is often harder and more impressive playing like this than an elaborate solo. When I hear someone playing thousand miles an hour solo on youtube, I find myself wondering if they can actually play a proper song with a little elobrate picking or with fingerstyle. Maybelle Carter and James Taylor other great players in the same style.
she was also self-taught.
I love Eva's style. So beautiful and different.
Me to she was so humble so relaxing
Anyone still listening to this will now pure talent in 2023 beautiful 😊
2024 :D
As close to perfect as you can get.
I think the word "divine" was invented just for the way she understands and sings this song. This is singing in its highest, loveliest form.
Ever since I was a child, this kind of music would bring me to tears.
And it still does. I am 74 now and still succumb now.
It is my achilles heel.
I learn to live with it.
Just shows what a sensitive soul you have Neil. Nothing at all to be ashamed of or embarrassed by
I understand how you feel, I am 64. We are the lucky one's.
Neil piper..Yes Neil, you are so right..I'm so glad to know now that I'm not the only one..In a month I will turn to the 76 mark...It's son humbly to still feel this way.
To feel the music is a gift and a curse but one I would rather have than not feel at all
Nothing wrong with that. A hard live with a sensitive soul, but you would miss it if you wouldn't be the way you are.
I'm the same
Sublime. Absolute perfection. She's singing live and playing guitar..... She's perfect. Listening to her is truly a transformative experience.
I was in high school 2004 when I first listened to her , and immediately bought her Songbird album , and was in utter shock to learn that she passed away back in 1996. Such an incredible talent RIP