Autumn Leaves from "The Real Book" Essential Piano Arrangement

In this piano tutorial, I present my essential arrangement of the famous jazz standard "Autumn Leaves". I've crafted this version in the key of E minor, as found in "The Real Book" (6th Edition), while adding some personal twists. My goal is to inspire you to discover the intrinsic beauty of this piece if you haven’t done so already. "Autumn Leaves" is the English-language version of a French song published in 1945, with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by Jacques Prévert.
I opted for a clean and essential arrangement to highlight the simple beauty of this composition.
Arrangement Details (Groups of Eight Bars):
First group: I retained almost all of the original chords with minimal variations.
Second group: I made more significant changes to the melody.
Third and fourth groups: Here, I varied both the chords and the melody, aiming to maintain the overall mood of the piece.
In this tutorial, you'll find all the chords presented in both international notation and "Italian" chord labeling. Additionally, I include harmonic analysis using Roman numerals.
In some cases, you’ll see the seventh of the chords in parentheses; this indicates that I didn’t actually play the seventh, even though it's listed in "The Real Book".
In a couple of instances, I played the B7 chord without the third (marked as 'no 3'), but this doesn’t significantly affect the overall sound.
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