Freddie Freeloader

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Freddie Freeloader (German: Freddie, the Schnorrer ) is a jazz composition by Miles Davis . It was first released on his album Kind of Blue in 1959.

The composition

The piece is in the form of a twelve-measure blues in B flat major. Davis preferred Wynton Kelly as the pianist for this title in place of Bill Evans , as Kelly, who had worked with Hank Mobley and Billie Holiday , was considered a blues specialist. The solos are played by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and Wynton Kelly.

The origin of the name is not certain. After the documentary Kind of Blue: Made in Heaven , the composition was named after a man named Freddie who often tried to listen to the recordings of the Miles Davis Group without paying. The name could also be inspired by Red Skelton's role as Freddie, the Freeloader , the hobo clown. According to other sources, Freddie the Freeloader was the bartender at a Philadelphia bar .

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Freddie Freeloader was recorded by Stanley Jordan for his debut album Magic Touch . A version of Freddie Freeloader sung by Bobby McFerrin was recorded by Jon Hendricks on the album of the same name. Other versions are by Mark Whitfield and Wes Montgomery . In addition to Freddie Freeloader , Donald Harrison also recorded other Kind of Blue compositions such as Flamenco Sketches for his album Kind of New .

Bill Evans recorded the piece for his 1977 album, You Must Believe in Spring ; the piece was published on the new edition in 2003.

reception

Thomas Ward wrote on allmusic: “ Freddie Freeloader , like many things on Kind of Blue, is a study of rhythmic and melodic simplicity… It is really a pleasure to hear the pianist Wynton Kelly play with this frugality and certainly Coltrane's saxophone solo is in that In the middle a revelation. "( Author: Thomas Ward : Source: Review of the song by Thomas Ward )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ It was first recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2, 1959 with Cannonball Adderley , John Coltrane , Winton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb .
  2. ↑ Freddie the Freeloader - Red Skelton's famous hobo clown
  3. ↑ John Coltrane: his life and music by Lewis Porter