“I've Found a New Baby,” sometimes written “I Found a New Baby,” is one of the most enduring standards in New Orleans jazz, swing, and Gypsy jazz. Written by Spencer Williams and Jack Palmer in 1924, there are nearly 500 recorded versions. Charlie Christian’s solo on the song with the Benny Goodman band is considered one of his finest, and for a red-hot jazz violin take, check out Stéphane Grappelli with Django Reinhardt. In this lesson, Aaron shows you how to take some of the techniques you learned in earlier lessons to craft a solo for the enduring jazz favorite. Aaron teaches the song in the key of D minor. In this video, Aaron walks you through the chord progression, which starts on the tonic.
