I've Found a New Baby

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Hear a swing-era small band

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra · 1937

Brunswick 7926

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Clayton on trumpet, Bailey on clarinet and Young on tenor saxophone play over a rhythm section of Wilson, Green, Page and Jones. Pick out the tenor saxophone when it enters.

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Play the eight-bar A section (Cm7, A♭7 G7, Cm7, C7, F7, B♭7, E♭6, A♭7 G7) with a steady four-beat pulse in the left hand.

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Hear an electric guitar solo

Benny Goodman Sextet · 1941

“I Found a New Baby”, Columbia 36039

F major · 4/4

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Christian's electric guitar sits among Goodman's clarinet, Williams's trumpet and Auld's tenor saxophone. Listen for where the guitar takes its own chorus.

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Play the bridge chords once through (G7, G7, Cm7, Cm7, F7, F7, B♭7, G7), then listen for the bridge in the recording.

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Hear a piano trio

Wynton Kelly Trio · 1951 · Bebop

New Faces - New Sounds: Wynton Kelly Piano Interpretations

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Only three instruments play, so each one is easy to follow. Follow the bass through the first A section, then switch to the drums.

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Play the chart's chords on piano with a bass note on beats 1 and 3 in the left hand. If that is easy, walk the bass on all four beats.

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Hear a long jam on the form

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie · 1954 · Bebop

Roy and Diz

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Listen for

Two trumpeters, a pianist, a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer have more than nine minutes to work with. Follow one trumpet through a whole chorus and count the 32 bars.

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Count four beats per bar along with the track until you can find the bridge each time it comes around.

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Hear a tenor and trumpet front line

Zoot Sims - Henri Renaud Quintet · 1956

Night Session In Paris

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Sims on tenor saxophone and Eardley on trumpet share the front line over a Paris rhythm section. The track runs about seven and a half minutes, so count how many choruses each soloist takes.

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Play the A section chords from the chart in a steady medium swing, then switch to playing only the root of each chord. The root-only version is the smaller step.

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Hear a tenor saxophone quintet

Sonny Rollins · 1958 · Bebop

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders

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Rollins plays tenor saxophone over Hawes on piano, Kessel on guitar, Vinnegar on bass and Manne on drums. The track is under four minutes, so see how much of the form you can follow.

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Play the chart on guitar or piano and keep the beat steady for the full 32 bars. Soloing over the changes is a bigger step; the smaller version is to play only the root of each chord in the A section.

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Hear an organ quartet

Larry Young · 1962 · Bebop

“I Found a New Baby”, Groove Street

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Listen for

The lineup has organ, tenor saxophone, guitar and drums, with no bass player. Listen for what the organ plays in the bass range.

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Play the chart's chords with your right hand and the chord roots with your left hand, one root per bar to start.