Freddie Freeloader

Miles Davis · 1959

Context

Twelve-bar blues in B-flat credited to Miles Davis, recorded on March 2, 1959, for Kind of Blue. The last two bars of each chorus go through an A-flat 7 instead of the expected B-flat 7. Wynton Kelly, known for his blues playing, is on piano in place of Bill Evans on this track; the album was released on August 17, 1959, on Columbia.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• So What (1959)
• Blue in Green (1959)
• All Blues (1959)
• Flamenco Sketches (1959)
• Générique (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) (1958)
• Stella by Starlight (1958)

Sources

• EN: Freddie Freeloader
• EN: Kind of Blue

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