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10 songs that feel like Autumn Leaves

Matched to Autumn Leaves by Ahmad Jamal on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Autumn Leaves
Ahmad Jamal
safe 36/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Tagi — Charles Lloyd moderate 75 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100).

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Sudden Throw — Olafur Arnalds safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

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Anthem — Charles Lloyd moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Wheatland — Oscar Peterson safe 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Alta Loma — Rachel's safe 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

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All Melody — Nils Frahm safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Water from an Ancient Well — Abdullah Ibrahim safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Rabo de Nube — Charles Lloyd moderate 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Tintinyana — Abdullah Ibrahim safe 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

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Eon Blue Apocalypse — TOOL moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Autumn Leaves” by Ahmad Jamal?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Tagi” by Charles Lloyd, “Sudden Throw” by Olafur Arnalds, “Anthem” by Charles Lloyd — the top match scores 97% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Autumn Leaves”?

It measures 36/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 90 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 24% of songs, calmer than the other 76%. Its intensity reading of 36/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1955 in context

The 31 songs we’ve measured from 1955 average a dynamic range of 5.3/10. At 6/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity36
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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