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I've Found A New Baby chords & key

Palmer-Williams

Key
E♭ major
Form
AABA
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“I've Found A New Baby” is a jazz standard by Palmer-Williams. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. The bridge uses the cycle of dominants known from Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” — so-called rhythm changes. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
Cm7
A♭7G7
Cm7
C7
F7
B♭7
1.
E♭6
A♭7G7
2.
E♭6
E♭6
B
G7
G7
Cm7
Cm7
F7
F7
B♭7
G7
A
Cm7
A♭7G7
Cm7
C7
F7
B♭7
E♭6
A♭7G7

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
1ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
7Dominant chains
7Different chords

Most used chords

  • Cm7×8
  • G7×8
  • A♭7×5
  • F7×5
  • B♭7×4
  • E♭6×4

Characteristics

  • Rhythm changes
  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1952 Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Volume 2
Sidney Bechet · “I've Found a New Baby”
1952 “Jazz Concert”
Mezz Mezzrow Featuring Lee Collins, Zutty Singleton, Claude Bolling, Mowgli Jospin, Guy Lafitte · “I’ve Found a New Baby”
1953 New Faces - New Sounds
Wynton Kelly · “I've Found a New Baby”
1955 Roy & Diz
Dizzy Gillespie • Roy Eldridge · “I've Found a New Baby”
1958 Jazz Ultimate
Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden · “I Found a New Baby”
1958 Let Me Love You
Morgana King · “I've Found a New Baby (Slow version)”
1958 "Les Classiques Du Jazz", Vol. 2
Lafitte, Persiany · “I've Found a New Baby”
1959 Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Sonny Rollins · “I’ve Found a New Baby”
1960 Good Enough To Keep
Georgie Auld · “I've Found a New Baby”
1962 Lovely & Alive
Lena Horne · “I Found a New Baby”
1962 Groove Street
Larry Young · “I Found a New Baby”
1964 Spontaneous Explorations
Earl Hines · “I’ve Found a New Baby”
1964 The End of a Love Affair
Morgana King · “I've Found a New Baby (Slow version)”
1966 Soul Mates
Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge · “I Found A New Baby”
1970 Teddy Wilson meets Eiji Kitamura
Teddy Wilson meets Eiji Kitamura · “I’ve Found a New Baby”
1971 Joe Venuti in Milan With Lino Patruno & His Friends
Joe Venuti with Lino Patruno · “I've Found a New Baby”
1972 Ah ! si j’avais un franc cinquante
Boris Vian et son orchestre avec Claude Luter · “I’ve Found a New Baby”
1973 The Mighty Fatha
Earl Hines
1974 Meets The Master Saxes - Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet
Nat Cole · “I Found a New Baby”
1974 52nd Street; Volume 2
Coleman Hawkins, Nat Jaffe, Ben Webster & Don Byas · “I Found a New Baby”
1979 Lionel Hampton Featuring Hank Jones – Who's Who In Jazz Presents
Lionel Hampton featuring Hank Jones · “I Found a New Baby”
1980 Routes to Django
Biréli Lagrène · “I've Found a New Baby”
1982 Plays Fats Waller
Jimmy Smith · “I've Found a New Baby”
1985 Two for the Road
Herb Ellis and Joe Pass · “I've Found a New Baby”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • I've Found A New Baby Thompson's Thumpers archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY JIMMY ZITO His Trumpet and his Orchestra · Palmer · Williams archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY BUD FREEMAN and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra · Palmer & Williams archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY DIXIELAND RYTHM KINGS · Carl Halen · Chas. Sonnanstine · Jim… archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY DICKY WELLS and his ORCHESTRA · DICKY WELLS · BILL DILLARD · "SHAD"… · 1937 archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY Will Bradley · Yank Lawson All Stars · Yank Lawson · Ray Ekstrand ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY WILL BRADLEY - YANK LAWSON ALL STARS · Yank Lawson · Will Bradley ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
It Don't Mean A Thing 28% Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is I've Found A New Baby in?

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

Who wrote I've Found A New Baby?

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

What is the form of I've Found A New Baby?

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

How fast is I've Found A New Baby played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

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

The opening bars are Cm7 | Ab7 G7 | Cm7 | C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.