Jazz Standards Library

Chords & Changes

What's New?

What's New? — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

What's New? was composed by Bob Haggart. The lyrics are credited to Johnny Burke. It dates from 1939. It is in C major, 16 bars long, and in BA (8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

C major

Section B1

F6
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7
Gm7b5C7
Fm7Dm7b5
Gm7b5C7
Fm6
Dm7b5G7

Section A3

C6
Bbm7Eb7
Abmaj7
Dm7b5G7
Cm7Am7b5
Dm7b5G7
C6Am7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • The Modern Jazz Sextet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1956
  • Norman Granz Jam Session — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1988
  • Charlie Parker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1990
  • Stan Getz & Chet Baker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1996
  • Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2004
  • Stan Getz and Chet Baker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2014

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Milt Jackson (vibraphone) — Quadromania Jazz Edition, Milt Jackson, La Ronde Suite, CD 2
    Bebop · 72 bpm · swing feel
    2005

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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