Eva is the first person I'm gonna look up in heaven just to thank her for this performance.

@mark.lawrence

3 ай бұрын

you & me both...

@ppw8716

2 ай бұрын

Count me in.

@Centercentaur66

2 ай бұрын

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.

@elizabethlatorre5360

Ай бұрын

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.

@MJLeger-yj1ww

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@vonlossberg

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@katyhaymus1029

4 жыл бұрын

⚘

@lancelotlink6545

4 жыл бұрын

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!

@howardmanley3388

4 жыл бұрын

Grant Lewis “Death Is Our Final. Enemy “

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.

@iosmusicman

Ай бұрын

One of my favourite books. This song (cover) is awesome and fits the book/film vibe so well.

@jeremydevore6409

6 күн бұрын

Outstanding movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep if you haven't seen

@buffplums

4 күн бұрын

That is beautiful and I get it how you didn’t want to go home … you just wanted to stay in the moment and never end… it shows that you have a heart and a soul and you are a beautiful person.

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.

May of 2024 and Eva still brings tears. Absolutely stunning.

@darinsingleton3553

3 жыл бұрын

Always.

@islandbuoy4

3 жыл бұрын

i am in tears because i was only introduced to her last summer

@hilkkaheikkila4245

3 жыл бұрын

I just heard this for the very first time and I'm in tears. Beautiful.

@saltywisdom

3 жыл бұрын

True 😢

@hilkkaheikkila4245

3 жыл бұрын

@@dawnmclawrence2937 I'm sorry for your loss, God bless you in your great sorrow.

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

@dallassolis8539

Жыл бұрын

Dearest Mr Power, please have a listen to the work she did with Chuck Brown if it hasn't found you yet! ❤

@crivsmum4820

Жыл бұрын

her voice gives me goosebumps and I cannot listen too often much as I love it because it makes me so emotional

@shoulettehoulette

Жыл бұрын

Blues alien angel

@sabineammel4243

Жыл бұрын

@@crivsmum4820 I feel like you ..

@KennyEvansUK

Жыл бұрын

What a gain.

I'm glad youtube exists. Eva Cassidy

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. ❤

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.

@SigMaQuint

9 ай бұрын

I can guess this means something very special to you, then.

@kittybitts567

8 ай бұрын

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.

@circlekings

7 ай бұрын

❤

@mark9835

7 ай бұрын

My Carol Ann went home in 2011. This song and Eva's enchanting voice bring tears of longing for my darling Carol.

@DavidMiller-yn1ig

7 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL PRAYER

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. ❤️

@user-bg2cs6rw8c

4 ай бұрын

I wish there was a “Love a million times” button! God she was fabulous!

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.

@michellepackman1484

9 ай бұрын

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.

@anglerfish8278

7 ай бұрын

agree… something about her drew me in and once i heard this… reckon i knew why…

@reyliluque3217

7 ай бұрын

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

@VoltaDoMar

7 ай бұрын

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

@robertakalan9332

6 ай бұрын

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.

Eva Cassidy will be listened to and marveled over for centuries to come...

@ErnChildofJesus

3 ай бұрын

Amen

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.

@vincentjasper3227

3 жыл бұрын

Totally

@toby24

3 жыл бұрын

It was just another day in the office for them I think. They didn’t know what was around the corner.

@philbates7975

3 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. One of the most wonderful things that anyone, anywhere will ever hear ❤️🙏☯️

@pamaytel

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you there my friend.

@RoyMurdock

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more.

All it took for that perfect song was: A guitar A piano and an angel.

@donaldLcady

4 жыл бұрын

Agree !!!

@MonikaKlejnamusic

4 жыл бұрын

Angel for sure ❤️

@whippja

4 жыл бұрын

So so sad

@jozefkozanowski8478

4 жыл бұрын

very true!

@Mark.H.9192

4 жыл бұрын

...and a player for the piano.

We all must be missing Eva … but she is still here in spirit when you just see her face and hear her beautiful music even though recorded, her spirt is still there for you amongst the experience and across the infinite space between heaven and earth … love prevails ❤

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

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.

@JohnLee-db9zt

Жыл бұрын

Why would you waste your money on a $10,000 bottle of wine, douche bag? 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

@dougy59

Жыл бұрын

Spot on observation ... I agree with with your statement

@Murielson

Жыл бұрын

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

@RoxanneM-

Жыл бұрын

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.

@scottbrandon6244

Жыл бұрын

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.

If nobody else in the comments has said it, thank you to Bryan McCulley for recording this precious footage.

@caseywalker1714

5 жыл бұрын

Copy that...

@caseywalker1714

5 жыл бұрын

Didnt he make a CD of this as well...

@kalevala29

5 жыл бұрын

precious stuff

@kevinmoor26

5 жыл бұрын

The poor girl is so sick here, yet she sings. It brings tears to my eyes.

@T1nyAss

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmoor26 please tell me the name of sick

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.

@godquest52

Жыл бұрын

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!

@apedreus

Жыл бұрын

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.

@marksunderland5244

Жыл бұрын

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.

@vroomgrrly

5 ай бұрын

Be well! Wishing you a speedy recovery. ❤

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.

@kweju3

8 жыл бұрын

+* STAR * I cry every time...and, I'm a dude.

@user-qr8ki8ue4i

8 жыл бұрын

+kweju3 Eva was the master at interpretation and arranging. So beautiful.

@LarryAllenBrown

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@TheKeetkeet66

8 жыл бұрын

+Thora F Absolutely right.

@gaylemillner5663

8 жыл бұрын

+kweju3 Yes. I felt this, too.

She's hypnotic. She doesnt need fancy arrangements. Just simplicity. She transforms simplicity to the sublime!

@rikbison3499

3 жыл бұрын

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 KZread here to share with anyone who enjoys it.

@heinrichgerken4469

3 жыл бұрын

@@rikbison3499 Wonderful story! Greetings from Germany!

@jamesswan4426

3 жыл бұрын

thats love.

@michaelm193

3 жыл бұрын

Her voice stops you and captures you.

@jamesswan4426

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great orchestra.😍😇😃

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.

@lailalivsdatter549

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@aurogonzalex3298

11 ай бұрын

Hermosa e inigualable interpretación…Gracias a Dios por tu música ❤ y tu voz

@zoobakitchlew2018

4 ай бұрын

Lovely Eva. May God shower His blessings upon you 🙏😇❤️

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.

@christineconley7903

11 ай бұрын

I totally agree

@eugeneclasby518

10 ай бұрын

Yes.

@mark.lawrence

3 ай бұрын

yes. the utter sadness that pervades because such mesmeric beauty no longer graces our existence.

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.

@mctavish23

11 ай бұрын

Beautifully stated

@johnscanlen1860

10 ай бұрын

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.

@user-francescob

9 ай бұрын

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 : kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4uetLehma3Qo9o.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!

@garystaud5022

8 ай бұрын

One of the best, if not THE best versions. I'll die on this hill.@@johnscanlen1860

@pigknickers2975

6 ай бұрын

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!

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.

@HoustonKeith72

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@boathousejoed9005

2 жыл бұрын

Or...what a beautiful world in which such a talent visits!

@lisaahmari7199

2 жыл бұрын

She carried so much emotion in that young voice.

@shawnbruce6934

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@TrueNeutralEvGenius

2 жыл бұрын

It is far more cruel to live longer, fool.

This may be the most beautiful performance I’ve ever heard. Ever. 😊

@PhilJakes

23 күн бұрын

It really is

The Piano was soooo harmonized with Eva... Singular talent...

God she’s good. Maybe the best live performance ever caught on tape. No auto tuning, just pure gold. ❤️

@daveappleby9877

2 жыл бұрын

I would not disagree

@donstoll1460

Жыл бұрын

yep

@derbigpr500

Жыл бұрын

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.

@johnunkerman

Жыл бұрын

@@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! 😆

@murraypickering4269

Жыл бұрын

@@derbigpr500 Such an odd comment

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!!!!!

@nankokoolish

6 жыл бұрын

darrell shuck and when you meet again I'm sure your heart will be at its fullest again♡

@DaisyDebs

5 жыл бұрын

God bless you .

@Tonetwisters

5 жыл бұрын

Please take Jesus with you, when you go home ...

@snarkishone

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@iwnunn7999

5 жыл бұрын

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.

It’ll never stop feeling tragic that she left the world of the living so soon. ❤

I cry every time I come back to listen to Eva’s performance of Autumn Leaves.

@maryanneborders9602

Ай бұрын

Have you heard her version of Fields of Gold ? Perfection

@user-vl1mt9xl3o

Ай бұрын

The world lost a singer and human being who had a once in a millennium voice.

Cancer is a Mean Bitch...taking this Beautiful Songbird at 33 RIP Sweetie..

@rumple49

9 жыл бұрын

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..

@rumple49

9 жыл бұрын

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

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!

The greatest version of Autumn Leaves I have ever heard.

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 😢

@judithsweeney4982

Жыл бұрын

Heard that. I'm so happy for you that you found Eva. Bless You.

@MiqelDotCom

11 ай бұрын

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.

@BBQDad463

10 ай бұрын

I cried, too.

@janeguerber9190

9 ай бұрын

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.

@tracyavent-costanza346

7 ай бұрын

gone way too soon

She made me cry. What a magical voice

@TheDogfairy

9 жыл бұрын

Rae Lou You are not the only one who had tears in her eyes. This is magnificent.

@JoopSloot

9 жыл бұрын

Rae Lou everytime..

@archie977

9 жыл бұрын

Rae Lou sweet pain

@jeffreymiller9808

9 жыл бұрын

Rae Lou Your not alone, waterworks when I listen to this magnificent rendition.

@TheDogfairy

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

How could you fear dying if it means you might be able to meet this magnificent creature in heaven?

@leesher1845

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@danescott5149

3 ай бұрын

You just spent 4 minutes and 42 seconds in heaven.

Always remember instrument-practicing maestros that the human voice is the greatest instrument. RIP Eva.

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.

@VivienneGirl

10 ай бұрын

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.

@mikef75

10 ай бұрын

for the times our heart was full, and surely it is fulfilled over and over again...

@marije7660

9 ай бұрын

❤️

@samanthathompson9812

5 ай бұрын

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.

@mark.lawrence

3 ай бұрын

attachment is the root cause of all sadness.

A thousand studio takes could not reproduce this one magical performance.

Man, I remember when I discovered this. It was during the worst time of my life and I swear she saved me.

@tryloveydontya

4 жыл бұрын

I love you comment. She wouldn't hesitate to do such a thing...what an gift she is!

@janiceisaacs6755

4 жыл бұрын

❤

@raymondgood2359

4 жыл бұрын

hope you're ok. music has saved me many times

@juliusferrer2071

3 жыл бұрын

he saved me during this pandemic. Her music let my emotion go that is burden for so long

@songbird5169

3 жыл бұрын

Music IS a life saver

A great jazz standard touched by an angel.

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.

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!

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.

@ianburry5629

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't random...but the rest is correct

@Painting45

4 жыл бұрын

So True

@AlanHope2013

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@joecalhoun5303

4 жыл бұрын

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!!!!!!!!!

@joecalhoun5303

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Hope Eva’s voice was heavenly perfection and I hate to say was.. Love Eva❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The level of melancholic introspection, emotions communicated (voice and guitar), mixed with the sadness of her premature passing. There is nothing that comes close to Eva.

@jackwalker1822

4 күн бұрын

I can close my eyes and picture her sitting and looking out a window at the early falling of leaves in the Fall, thinking about her lover who she misses so dearly. Such a clear mental picture. That is what great music can do to a person. Music that creates art in a person's mind. And sinks into the heart.

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....

My late husband loved her singing. He died in autumn 2001 and every time I play this song I think of him and cry.

@sami_m8098

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏💜🌹🙏🙏🙏

@arioctober9097

2 жыл бұрын

20 years... my heart broke for you when I read this. I can only begin to imagine what that's like.

@hazlitt1

2 жыл бұрын

Do not cry Sue, nothing good ever dies.

@jimreid6370

2 жыл бұрын

Join wrvs as you meet others they will help with your grief good luck

@marisarhodes2446

2 жыл бұрын

Blessed are those who mourn Sue Watts, for they shall be comforted.

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.

@no-oneman.4140

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

@tiffsaver

2 жыл бұрын

@@no-oneman.4140 My only regret is that so many people never got to experience her incredible talent. Thank God for her recordings...

@mikeprevost8650

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@tiffsaver

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@smallfry3270

2 жыл бұрын

Grew up listening to the version by Jo Stafford. I like this one a little more.

Just leaving this comment here to never forget to return to this amazing , out of this word performance.!

Always loved her music....I am 79 yrs old & her voice is so genuine & beautiful.... taken so young RIP 😢

@hayleynealon5484

10 ай бұрын

❤ totally agree 🥲

@miltonmoore8369

2 ай бұрын

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🌅🌠

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

@chieromancer

4 жыл бұрын

I can't listen to her much because I too will dissolve into a weepy mess. You're not alone.

@nicklikesradio

4 жыл бұрын

Its funny. It rips my heart out to listen to her, yet it's so addicting.

@thanxx

4 жыл бұрын

not on your own brother xx

@weehubbyable

3 жыл бұрын

My friend you not alone.

@madpainterken

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to her singing...'Over the Rainbow'...and I agree with you ..Bobby

Tomorrow, I am one week into my chemo. I listen to this song nearly every night. It haunts me, it is perfection.

@tundrawomansays5067

6 жыл бұрын

Bart Foster Hope you’re hanging in there, Bart and your treatment is progressing favorably. Take care.

@dongossett110

5 жыл бұрын

Bart Foster a song of autumn when things die.......hopefully to be reborn in the spring....how autumn reminds us once again of darkening days and cold.....she does it as well as it has been done...........

@panos.fasoulas

5 жыл бұрын

i hope everything is fine by now mr Bart!

@taggart8

5 жыл бұрын

God bless you Bart and that things get better.

@RC-ql5lp

5 жыл бұрын

Bart Foster I wish well and God Bless You!

For some reason I always end up with tears in my eyes when I listen to Eva sing.

@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu

10 ай бұрын

Hello Pete how are you doing today??

@channelmixer

3 ай бұрын

Me too.

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..

She was not of this world, she belonged to the unseen realm, where the angels live .. in His mercy He gave us Eva for 33 years ... to witness what heaven sounds like

@sidecar7714

5 жыл бұрын

No, she was human. Humans can be great.

@susank407

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidecar7714 No matter, I can not stop crying about her fate while here ON EARTH.

@allancrow134

4 жыл бұрын

I can believe that. :)

@MJLeger-yj1ww

4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely thing to say, and true -- all of it! Beautiful, talented, a lovely lady, gone way too soon -- (why?). Life is just not fair sometimes. But she certainly did one remarkable thing in her short life -- she left us wanting much more of her!

@sevvy253

4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful thing to say … and so true XX

Eva sang. And everyone who listened understood. Everything.

@billofjazz

5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully spoken.

@theoakhills

4 жыл бұрын

@@billofjazz just like Dean Martin he sang for you not at you

@lelashelton

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Baker TRUTH!

@ArcoZakus

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Baker, "... everyone who listened understood. Everything." Not me. Not everything. I do not understand why she is not still here singing. Same for Christina Grimmie. If it would bring either of them back, I would go in their place right now. Maybe the rest of us just did not deserve having them here? How on earth could their families deserve to be so tortured, though?

@nnamdind.e3955

4 жыл бұрын

Simple and true!

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.

Eva Cassidy is affecting me; Her vocals, her style, her original edge, and approach to just bang out a beautiful rendition of a song. I was so saddened to read that she is gone. This also affected me. So happy her album lives on and will be released soon. I look forward to it's release. My condolences to her family and so happy they continue to support her music. The world needs to remember her amazing talent. I am officially struck by Ms. Eva Cassidy...the way she delivers Autumn Leaves is just haunting and amazing.

This is one of the seven wonders of music. People at this bar couldn’t realize how lucky they were to be present during this epic moment.

@user-xi5uy2jl8n

5 жыл бұрын

Gregory Reis

@Tonetwisters

5 жыл бұрын

Well, said, Sir ...

@davidchang7416

5 жыл бұрын

What are the other 6?

@dougaldhendrick3497

5 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@inova11901

5 жыл бұрын

The manager of Blues Alley is a friend, the biggest jazz acts go through there, and he adored her. Truly a tragedy her passing.

Imagine just stumbling into this club and hearing the greatest singer. Shocking transcendent beyond perfection

@chanj1950

3 жыл бұрын

Such a loss! Gone too soon!

@vickiclaxton3654

3 жыл бұрын

She is my favorite singer. I cannot imagine walking into a coffee house and finding this jewel! Gone way too soon😢

@minyoongis9992

3 жыл бұрын

My singing teacher run into her like that actually🥺 and he keeps telling me that I sound a lot like her, which is a compliment that I cannot accept because she’s out of my league

@stephenreeve3955

3 жыл бұрын

💟💟😭🎵😭

@thomasgrady1802

3 жыл бұрын

Blues alley Washington D.C. So many great musicians, many widely unknown. Sad it’s closed currently.

You just spent 4 minutes and 42 seconds in heaven. God is real

@pianosenzanima1

Ай бұрын

Yess!!

@timeless9517

Ай бұрын

Im sorry, but I have to say bruh

@danescott5149

Ай бұрын

@@timeless9517 not sure what you mean.

@Yaotzin51

23 күн бұрын

Don't give "god" credit of this amazing person's work.

@nuttybar9

19 күн бұрын

@@Yaotzin51 Everybody is made in Gods image.

I have never heared such a beautiful Performance ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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.

@no-oneman.4140

2 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly. I cannot find the words. Sublime will do for now.

@jimreid6370

2 жыл бұрын

Try using your real name?

@no-oneman.4140

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimreid6370 ????

@tonymurray814

2 жыл бұрын

@@no-oneman.4140 let me think what “Jim Reid’s” REAL name is. ....... Oh I know, it’s Dick head!!!

@juliaboyce3345

Жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing ❤️‼️

How is someone this good at something. I don’t think people understand, I mean they know this is good, but this is the equivalent of someone shooting 1,000 3 pointers in a row and not ever missing. Her pitch, her tone, her being on key the entire time. It’s truly a wonder of this world.

@miketot

3 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly Sam!

@nbilger4229

3 жыл бұрын

A proof that God does not exist

@terencelanders4815

3 жыл бұрын

Forget sports, she transients it...

@northcountryhermit5057

3 жыл бұрын

@@nbilger4229 I think you meant God DOES exist?

@kimberlygolden2194

3 жыл бұрын

Sam SImpson It is her heartfelt interpretation of this classic piece which sets her apart from all others.

I would say that she epitomizes the principle of "less is more." And by this I don't mean some iconoclastic form of minimalism. What Eva did was artistically manifest in everything that served the performance of a song as an expression of what is true, and beautiful. So I think it is fair to say that she was a "transcendental" artist. In her song selection, performances, and arrangements, she strove to serve only beauty, goodness, unity, and truth, in a way that very few have come close.

💯% pure perfection. This has to be one of the most beautiful performances my ears have heard.

Eva is like soft rain falling on beautiful flowers. Gorgeous.

@kenneth1767

Жыл бұрын

Sublime.

@patriciafitch2432

Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful comment...Eva's voice is like a soft rain on beautiful flowers"...

The falling leaves drift by my window The falling leaves of red and gold I see your lips the summer kisses The sunburned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall

@howardnelson2942

3 жыл бұрын

We always meet in the heart ... room enough for all.

@youtubejhs5150

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much.

@lidiavivar7643

3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent !!! great, great arrangement. 🙏❤

@mariacarmen3667

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@jamesswan4426

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to make love flow,😘

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.

@shelzblack488

6 ай бұрын

She was amazing. I loved discovering Jeff Buckley too, sad they were gone too soon.

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.

Everyone commenting on her voice, but her mastery of playing the guitar as its own entity like that is no easy task.

@caelachyt

4 жыл бұрын

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!

@revjosephcottle312

4 жыл бұрын

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!!

@doobiez2

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! THAT is why I'm so, so, so bummed out that her playing was not shown properly.

@puttyputty123

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Eggmanontheair

3 жыл бұрын

she was also self-taught.

I cannot believe this is live! This is not from here...Heavenly music... So pure...

@loriromano6399

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, her vocal control is amazing. Not many singers can pull it off. Dusty Springfield and Anne Murray could.

@d.infidel2157

7 жыл бұрын

She was a friend. This is how I remember her....

@MrUpeetamahtavaa

7 жыл бұрын

Lara Fabian can

@MusiCizzLife1729

6 жыл бұрын

D. Infidel You were lucky to have a friend with such a beautiful spirit. And we are lucky to have her music

@gubtefumcki6399

6 жыл бұрын

Hana Steffani Hail Jesus Its a Fcking Miracle

Her voice is so distinctive, 20 years ago I was in Ireland and passed a shop playing her music - so pleasantly surprised that she was loved everywhere.

Eva was a rare talent. I am so sad that she died way before her time. Her songs and her voice move me.

@georgemelvin7187

Жыл бұрын

Smiles, hello Deb 🌺 😊

@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu

10 ай бұрын

Hello Deborah how are you doing today??

I'm just about speechless. There is just an overwhelming peace in Eva Cassidy's voice that can memorize and amaze you.

When Eva Cassidy adopted a new song, she didn't sing it, she transported it to an entirely different, unsuspected place. Her ability to find a new aspect, a new timbre in very familiar material is unmatched in my 50 years of listening. This song has been around all my life. I was aware of it in many interpretations from a host of great artists. Then Eva showed us what she saw in this well loved material. She unwraps an aching, haunting, ethereal lament that strikes to my softest parts. This wonderful presentation has captured my ear more completely than any vocal performance I have heard before. It is my most listened piece of music for the past five years, since I first heard it. There is a common thread in comments on Eva's videos, about the tragedy of her early loss. That is valid but I prefer to appreciate the miracle of her existence. We were allowed to hear her, love her, be amazed by her. She only found a wide audience after her death. She was disinterested in being "produced". Record companies couldn't package her. She didn't really care as long as she could perform as she wished. We are very lucky to have such high quality recordings.

@jamesswan4426

3 жыл бұрын

Big Hugg.😇

@larkinstentz6735

3 жыл бұрын

So true so true thank you for your tribute!

@johnmelz9898

3 жыл бұрын

Fraser ... In reading your beautiful and poignant review of Eva - and "Autumn Leaves" in particular ... I just sat here and cried. Why is it that we "lose" the most valuable of people - those who make a difference - while so many totally useless people proliferate? I "torture" myself by listening to this song - mostly because I miss this "spirit of divinity" who was taken from us unceremoniously - and far too soon. As you said in closing: "We are lucky to have such high quality recordings".

@linmonash1244

3 жыл бұрын

I 'discovered' Eva only today! A voice so very beautiful - a talent so immense - so much nuance and subtlety to her interpretations - her delivery. Yes - honor her existence and her gifts to to us all. What a blessing she was and remains. I have been reading several listeners comments. There is no doubt Eva lives on in multitudinous hearts.

@funnyshenanigans1813

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad she didnt join that nasty club! She made the right choice! Love her voice and music!

Sublime. Absolute perfection. She's singing live and playing guitar..... She's perfect. Listening to her is truly a transformative experience.

I hope the recording of this concert survives into the far distant future. This is the best of humanity.

I am not a professional musician. Just a human. But I am transcended by what I just heard. Merci for your gift, Eva.

@wwonka52

Жыл бұрын

Check out her version of "Over the Rainbow" for yourself. Best ever !

This is beyond music. It’s something else. An experience. A direct link to the soul.

Eva is the epitome of a female singer. I am a long time musician and used to use female voice to validate equipment and speakers. She would be THE test. Her story is as tragic as I’ve ever heard and God must have needed an angel early, because He got one. She sings and plays perfect just like an angel would. I have every song she was able to record and when I am on a flight or in a stressful situation, she is my go to. I only wish I could have gone to Blues Alley to hear her live. Lanny Williams, and the other musicians are not average either. It’s one of f those rare instances when it all came together with incredible talent. She is my all time favorite female singer. It started with hearing her sing “Over the Rainbow”. Try that one…or “Fields of Gold’. A tragedy way too early in life for her and all of us who are her fans.

@jackwalker1822

4 күн бұрын

Her live version of Fields of Gold makes me cry too. Because I can literally see in my mind two lovers holding hands and walking through a field of gold such as mature wheat. Like an ultimate romantic moment frozen in time.

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

@kellykoehler79

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie Price Sorry about your beloved furry friend. As a fellow dog owner, I know how much love they bring to our lives.

@westland3402

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie Price I miss my best furry friend Toby

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.

@miketot

3 жыл бұрын

Just shows what a sensitive soul you have Neil. Nothing at all to be ashamed of or embarrassed by

@barryetherton4889

3 жыл бұрын

I understand how you feel, I am 64. We are the lucky one's.

@iamtheone3577

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@rdp3holm

3 жыл бұрын

To feel the music is a gift and a curse but one I would rather have than not feel at all

@TheHirade

3 жыл бұрын

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

no one, NO ONE is like Eva Cassidy

I love all your comments. I hope everybody knows the book about her. You will not stop crying. Crying is healing.

Her voice bypasses the ears and goes straight for your soul. Some people's artistry makes you grateful for having been fortunate enough to experience it. Eva is one such artist.

@ppw8716

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you.

@maevebutler4641

Жыл бұрын

I so totally agree, what is sad is that she didn't reach fane while she was alive.We are truly blessed to listen to Eva , she was & is perfect in every way A gifted musician & singer....thank you Eva Cassidy for this blessed legacy🙏💞💕💛💞💞

@jackwalker1822

Жыл бұрын

I don't just listen to this song. Chills run up my spine and throughout my body and tears well up. It is that moving of a performance.

@bobcollins1743

Жыл бұрын

Her music has haunted me since first hearing it! I did not realize this beautiful soul had past when hearing it. Such an amazing artist and lady.

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.

@janetmcneice6246

7 күн бұрын

Ahhhh soooo true👍💯🍁🍂🍁🍁🍂🍂🍁RIP Eva

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. ❤❤

Beautiful, excellent cover version. It's perfect. This music will always touch my soul. ♥♥

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.

Some musicians have the ability to move me emotionally. Very few have the ability to move me to tears. Only Eva Cassidy had the ability to literally caress my soul and move me to floods of tears with the beauty of her singing..

@robertwatson818

Жыл бұрын

Find her cover of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"--fantastic!

@rainforme1850

Жыл бұрын

It went deep in my soul and anchored

@craigwolstenholme359

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@strickdick

Жыл бұрын

I'm not crying your 😭

@malderet1000

Жыл бұрын

Always my tears up with this Eva's emotion

Eva's arrangements are just heavenly. I've heard Autumn Leaves 100s of times by different artists, and this arrangement is just beautiful.

If you don't know the story behind this night when she sang...find it. It's an amazing story. Unbelievably beautiful.

@user-fo1le9cf5e

10 ай бұрын

Можно ссылку?

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! 

@CapitaineAdHoc

8 жыл бұрын

+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 :)

@mrscoles100

8 жыл бұрын

Quentin B my mistake- had no idea about that!! thanks! (hmmm sounds like something I need to check out....)

@CapitaineAdHoc

8 жыл бұрын

+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,

The heartbreak..the pain...the loss. Brilliant. Rest In Peace Eva.

@lorrainegeisinger3230

8 жыл бұрын

+Teresa Smith You said it all Teresa.

@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu

10 ай бұрын

Hello Terri how are you doing today...

I have over 10,000 vinyl albums and this is the most perfect performance and perfect song....and it's live. My funeral will have Autumn Leaves & Fields of gold both from this album. I cry every time I play them. Eva you were an angel before you were an angel. R.I.P. Songbird x

@fideli43

Жыл бұрын

Mine will have Over the Rainbow ❤

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! 💔

@andreaskeiser2213

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful song Eva🥰