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10 songs that feel like Autumn Leaves

Matched to Autumn Leaves by Jim Hall 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
Jim Hall
safe 24/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Lush Life — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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But Not for Me — John Coltrane safe 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Night and Day — Joe Pass safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Autumn Leaves — Joe Pass safe 90 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Tell Me a Bedtime Story — Herbie Hancock safe 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Country — Keith Jarrett safe 110 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye — John Coltrane safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Naima — Lee Morgan safe 110 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same smooth texture.

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Stella by Starlight — Miles Davis safe 100 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100).

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Flamingo — Clifford Brown safe 100 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Autumn Leaves” by Jim Hall?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lush Life” by Stan Getz, “But Not for Me” by John Coltrane, “Night and Day” by Joe Pass — the top match scores 99% 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 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1962 in context

The 107 songs we’ve measured from 1962 average a dynamic range of 5.9/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity24
Dynamics44
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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