Standards

I Found A New Baby chords & key

Key: F major
Form: AABA
Bars: 32
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4

“I Found A New Baby” is a jazz standard by Palmer-Williams. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains no major ii–V–I cadences and 5 minor ii–V–i, uses 8 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 17 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — F major

D^m7

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A⁷

F^maj7

E⁷

A⁷

D^m7

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F^maj7

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I

5Minor ii–V–i

5ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

9Dominant chains

8Different chords

Most used chords

D^m7×8
A⁷×6
E^m7♭5×5
F^maj7×5
D⁷×4
G⁷×4

Characteristics

AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1955	Pres and Sweets Lester Young & Harry “Sweets” Edison · “I Found a New Baby”
1956	Dedicated Jazz Rex Stewart / Peanuts Hucko · “I Found a New Baby”
1960	Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Cootie Williams · “I Found a New Baby”
1960	A Girl and Her Guitar Mary Osborne · “I Found a New Baby”
1962	Innertrio Jan Johansson · “I Found a New Baby”
1970	I Remember Django Stéphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel with The New Hot Club Quintet · “I Found a New Baby”
1972	Previn at Sunset André Previn · “I Found a New Baby”
1990	Grappelli Meets Kessel Stéphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel · “I Found a New Baby”
1991	It's Only a Paper Moon Stéphane Grappelli · “I Found a New Baby”
1997	Lady Be Good Lester Young · “I Found a New Baby”
1998	Passionate Guitars John Pizzarelli & Bucky Pizzarelli · “I Found a New Baby”
2007	The Trombones, Inc. Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland & Frank Rosolino · “I Found a New Baby”
2009	The Daddy of 'Em All Charlie Christian · “I Found a New Baby”
2021	The A Sides Bobby Darin · “I Found a New Baby”
—	Runnin' Wild Sidney Bechet · “I Found a New Baby”
—	Salle Pleyel, Paris 1952 Sidney Bechet avec Claude Luter et son orchestre
—	Five Guys Named Moe (The V Discs) Louis Jordan

Historic 78 rpm recordings

I FOUND A NEW BABY Ted Vesely · Lee Countryman · Morty Corb · "Smokey" Stover · Ralph… archive.org ↗
"I FOUND A NEW BABY" Art Hodes' Blue Three · Palmer · Williams · 1941 archive.org ↗
I Found a New Baby Sid Catlett Trio · Marlowe Morris · John Simmons · Williams · Palmer · 1944 archive.org ↗
I FOUND A NEW BABY HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCH. · Palmer · Williams · 1944 archive.org ↗
I Found A New Baby MARY LOU WILLIAMS TRIO · Mary Lou Williams · Bill Coleman · Al Hall… · 1944 archive.org ↗
I FOUND A NEW BABY NEELY PLUMB'S Four Star Rhythm Section · Stan Wrightsman · George… · 1945 archive.org ↗
I Found a New Baby The Willie Smith Six · Willie Smith · Lucky Thompson · Howard McGhee… · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
There Is No Greater Love 24%	Isham Jones	B♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
Dig 21%	Miles Davis	A♭ major	AA · 32	Up-tempo swing
Sweet Georgia Brown 21%	Pinkard-Casey-Bernie	A♭ major	AA · 32	Up-tempo swing
I Will Wait For You 20%	Michel Legrand	F major	AA · 32	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is I Found A New Baby in?

I Found A New Baby is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.

Who wrote I Found A New Baby?

I Found A New Baby was written by Palmer-Williams.

What is the form of I Found A New Baby?

I Found A New Baby has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is I Found A New Baby played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to I Found A New Baby?

The opening bars are Dm7 | Em7b5 A7 | Dm7 | D7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.