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“Freddie Freeloader” is a composition by Miles Davis and is the second track on his seminal album Kind of Blue. The piece takes the form of a twelve-bar blues in B-flat, but the chord over the final two bars of each chorus is an A-flat7, not the traditional B-flat7 followed by either F7 for a turnaround or some variation of B-flat7 for an ending. Davis employed Wynton Kelly as the pianist for this track in place of Bill Evans, as Kelly was something of a blues specialist. The solos are by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and Wynton Kelly.

According to the documentary Kind of Blue: Made in Heaven, the song was named after an individual named Freddie who would frequently try to see the music Davis and others performed without paying (thus freeloading). The name may have also been inspired by Red Skelton’s most famous character, “Freddie the Freeloader” the hobo clown.

“Freddie Freeloader” has proven to be one of Davis’ most enduring compositions. It was recorded by Stanley Jordan for his debut album Magic Touch.

Miles was always looking for something new. So when the fans asked him (many years after he composed this record) to play “that music of Kind of Blue” (or anything from that era of cool blues in jazz) he usually refused and got angry because he wanted to show the people what was the real stuff “right now”. After that record he made various excellent records in the same mood, like Nefertiti, Some day my prince will come, Ballads, etc. But then he knew that the days of that kind of jazz were over and he switched to create a new variety, usually called “jazz-rock”, starting with his “Bitches Brew”.
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  • jordan_strayer

    Words will never describe

    Tuesday morning

  • RaithBomadon

    wonderful

    27 days ago

  • WarriorJones

    Makes me thinks of times before mine.

    last month

  • appidydafoo

    :)

    last month

  • greglypoop123

    classic

    March 2012

  • username382

    Lovely! [2] I think this is the best song on "Kind Of Blue". Classic.

    March 2012

  • osisaoasis

    le picaso du d'jazz !!!!ya pas mieux!!!mon dieu quelle plaisir

    March 2012

  • osisaoasis

    kelle classe c chic

    March 2012

  • osisaoasis

    rien n'a dire un plaisir !!!!!juste

    March 2012

  • steining

    what can be said about "kind of blue" that hasn't already been? - - - Listen the CD!

    March 2012

  • PurplePostRock

    SmOoOoOoTh!~ ♥

    March 2012

  • tomeet

    PLEASE LISTEN THE FEELING AS COME

    March 2012

  • Watchful_Eye

    I would love to be as cool as this track. Such a deeply calm atmosphere, nothing seems to be able to desturb it.

    February 2012

  • BlueOclock

    Lovely!

    February 2012

  • Aleealski

    And what about Jimmy Cobb... He's a comping master here, totally serves the music. One of my absolute favorite drummers because of his work on Kind of Blue.

    February 2012

  • ManCalled7Sun

    *******

    January 2012

  • damfst23

    You need to be in a dark club with shades on with some Johnnie Walker black label for this one.

    January 2012

  • Im2Jazzy4U

    classics on a classic...miles, trane, and cannonball...on kind of blue...wynton kelly provides some bad piano!

    January 2012

  • Thinspread

    Cannonball for president!!

    January 2012

  • bobgreen623

    Great groove, love it.

    January 2012
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