Freddie Freeloader - Jon Hendricks & Friends

[isavedchip]

this is amazing

[Dabbdidadididumm]

Makes me feel like a butterfly of love. :)

[MrBoricuadd]

Jazz: The art of improvisation. These cats take it to another level.

[daniedeludela]

Love it!!! Grew up with this! Saw these guys last night at North Sea Jazz @ Rotterdam, Netherlands!

[Eerik39]

kyllä tamä levy kuuluu scattinä lauletun jazzin parhaimmistoon.jotta tähän pystyy täytyy olla paljo paljon lahjoja,ja sitähän näillä kavereilla on vaikka muille jakaa.

[primarydominant]

my two favs are Bobby and George. they're the best suited to their solos :)

[querar1]

yeah....tapping the feet, my hat off...really great performance !!!

[sistalinda]

This should have a million views.  But alas, the world is upside down.

[guidomattina57]

Top Line!!

[zigward00]

groovy

[MusicAndDaren]

wow that was amazing. all the solos vocalised..... shivers. im just learning the wynton kelly piano solo right now and i'm having a hard enough time with that

[malbuono]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JazzClubOverSeas]

Thank you! Jon's "vocalese" is always wondeful, I love this record, too, by the way, will you give me the lyrics of Wynton Kelly (Bobby McFerrin) - part 4, which part misses on the album note.

[sepiapanorama]

Wynton Kelly (Bobby McFerrin) - part 3

So pour me another drink!/ Here's a toast to Ol' Freddie, a cat that's hip t'where it was an' where it's at/ he use' t'be such a solid stone pillar of the church, he use' t'be sanctified/ he had his religion/ But now it's the devil's own dirt'e does. dispensin' spirit, meanwhile of his own/ There's only the tiniest smidgeon.

[sepiapanorama]

Wynton Kelly (Bobby McFerrin) - part 2

So cats 're lined up at his bar with throats dry, knowing that that's the place where Freddie c'n tab 'n gitcha high, without ever worryin' 'bout payment/ Payment'll come from the endless myriad of squares/So y'neverever have t'even think about it/ Jus' settle on down to some drinkin'/ Y'tab's all paid, let the good times roll/

[sepiapanorama]

Wynton Kelly (Bobby McFerrin) - part 1

Yeah booze/He isn't good lookin yet handsome/Want some credit? he c'n stan' some/'Cause servin' drinks is what he does/Groovier than most men/Especially T'boppin' cats that come in/ 'Cause Freddie really loves that thing called bebop/Let's see the cats drink every drop, while he digs on it new, stop/

[rillloudmother]

@sepiapanorama while he digs on it non-stop

[francescacavalieri]

Thanks from the heart to the people who write lyrics.. that I couldn't find in the all w.w.w.!! You saved me ;)

[wahkeena]

wow!

[hrmntby]

This is the best recording I have ever heard. EVER!!

[gabbbort]

who sings coltranes solo??

[Shuggie5]

Unbelievable! They nail every note! And it's about booze!!!

[Doumbeck]

OMG! THATS WINTON KELLY'S GREAT SOLO WITH LYRICS! 

[rillloudmother]

@Doumbeck hell yeah, i copped most of this solo by listening to these lyrics and now i regularly use them in my solos and what's great is i can think of these lyrics while i play the licks on guitar even when i change the rhythms.

[drsnobby]

This is what i call "COOL JAZZ"

[rillloudmother]

@drsnobby hehe, careful drsnobby ;)

[nadinecohenjazz]

J'ADOOOOOOOOOOOO .....RE!  FANTASTIC !!!!

[GooGobbler113]

Truly the most difficult form of music.

[skybendu]

Beautiful transcription. The delegation of roles to the respective vocalists could not have been more precise! Coltrane's solo is a masterpiece in the art of tonal commentary, his harmonic punctuation (esp. commas & semi-colons) breaks this listeners heart. What a delight!

[tyq44]

This is one of the most impressive things i've heard McFerrin do. This blows my mind

[Jazzsaxman1]

Bobby :D 

[Allansean05]

JAMES MOODY ON VOCALS WOW!!!!! what a great record. thanks for the post

[TheBrownTies]

amazing

[flygirlmom]

Thank you soo much for this post! I heard this version only once on the jazz station a few years back and been trying to find it since then! So incredibly talented is this group---I pray I can witness a performance as great as this in person...

[stnen]

really? ya'll think this is good?

[keyzcity]

I can get drunk for $1.84 and I don't even know Freddy!

[Axyfication]

So, Hendricks/McFerrin/Jarreau/Ben­son, right? Totally awesome btw

[Allansean05]

@Axyfication You forgot the Great JAMES MOODY!!!! On Vocals

[Allansean05]

@Axyfication I think that is James moody on singing to. I cant tell him between Hendricks vocals

[ferdzia]

woooooooooooooooow:D

[hankspancer]

nicee

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Unbelievably crafty.

[jazzygrrl]

Thanks sepiapanorama for the lyrics!

[goozdail]

Oh my god I love this so much!

Three of the greatests singers, u gotta love the lyrics and the perfect rendition of each solo

incredible

[sepiapanorama]

Cannonball - Part 5:

That'cha' got a thirst goin' without it, man/ Goin' without it, man/ I'm here t'tell y' ain't nothin' that's worse/ That's the reason I'm inclined t' Let a fella freeload/ Because o'that they call me Freddie Freeloader.

[francescacavalieri]

@sepiapanorama Could you please post Bobby McFerrin's solo lyric, or tell me where I can find it?

Thanks 4 your help! ;)

[sepiapanorama]

Cannonball - Part 4:

Drink up, it's Freddie's treat/ You buy one, he'll give y'one/ Acquaintances never leave Freddie's dry/ You're never really ever gonna find a cheaper high/ Tellin' the truth, yeah/ I'm sittin' right here one evenin'/ Just coolin, I'm tellin'y'man I was broke/ 'N'bout t'beg me a drink an' that's no joke/ That's when ol' Freddie spoke 'n' he said: Don't worry 'bout it, Man, 'cause I can dig it/

[sepiapanorama]

Cannonball - Part 3:

Y'wanna soda or y'gonn' drink it straight/ Way y'burpin' got me thinkin' maybe it might a' been somethin' you ate/ Relax 'n let's drink steady/ it's on freeload Freddie/ Drink up, eeverybody, thanks t'Freddie/ I'm talkin'bout Freddie, 'cause Freddie is steady/ Talkin' 'bout coppin' his buddy some booze/ Wanna git drunk f'free?/ That's easy, Freddie'll pop a little/ Take it off the top a little, so his boss'll never even miss it/

[sepiapanorama]

Cannonball - Part 2:

How havin' a teentsy-weentsy itsy-bitsy taste with Freddie/ Is apt t'make a fella's very life unsteady/ So pour me a drink 'n lemme think/ Raise y'glass, make'em clink bottoms up/ Now I'm ready for your sound/ Might as well git it 'cause the way it is/ I'm never gonna win it/ Let's have a party, drinkin' hearty/ Gonna drink/ Up 'till we drop/ Le'm'ave anoth'n thass 's trick/

[sepiapanorama]

Cannonball Adderley Solo (sung by George Benson)

Part 1:

I've heard what you've said/An' it says in my head/ An' lemme tell y' of my impression/ Everything y' said is straight ahead/Absolutely, indeed/ It all needs thinkin' about/ I'm jus' tryin' t'figure it out/ I never would believe it if I hadn't/ Really heard it/ Pretty much o' what I heard is indefinable/ T'me 'n I really fail t'see relationship/ Between another fella's soul and his body/ Somebody's gonna have t' make it clear to me/

[anthrax1218]

this is absolutely amazing. i'm floored

[lolcap]

Jon Hendricks is a wonderful jazz master.

[pcoldham]

Have tried to transcribe the lyrics to this but the only ones I can consistently get are the Miles and Cannonball solos.

[sepiapanorama]

John Coltrane Solo Part 1 (sung by Jon Hendricks)

Speakin of Freddie/Who the hell is he?/An what is Freddie t'me?/An what is this I hear/About the kind-ofA-bar he's tendin/So he tends a groovy bar/So there you are. Forget it/To me it coudn't mean a thing/'N I would count/Myself a foot to let it/I've had it up to m'ear with Freddie/A little o'Freddie is really heady/You know that alcohol'll make and/Ordinary fella's min' unsteady

TBC

[sepiapanorama]

Part 4

Ah, what buss! You're free, You're free/Really, you are/T'meld y' heart'n mind with your soul in the goal/Then the soul's what you will heed/Food f'thought is all the body will need/That'll render y'high, Up the sky forever/An' lots-of-people tend t'think/All they ever have to do's/light a joint'r take a drink/T'reach the same euphoric brink/F'git it!/It never will be so, 'cause alcohol/An' them narcotics'll never do the trick

[sepiapanorama]

Part 2

It's in the book/You c'n read it (If y'ever sober upenough t'wanna take a look)/You, y'settled int' alcoholic use/'N' gittin ignunt oil t'swirt aroun'/'N' cut'cha down/Suck-in up the juice/'N' it ain' never gonna ever turn y' loose/Y' stupid rummy/ See the hole in y' head?/The cats that do what 'choo do 're dead/Remember that!/Now y'know/So take it slow, you'll find y'gonna/Have a longer row t'hoe/

TBC

[pcoldham]

excellent work! that's the hardest one. here's what i have:

[pcoldham]

There's this cat, his name is Freddie

This cat's a bartender, Well known by anyone here

He can mix the kind of drink that you won't forget

One sip and you'll flip

And for chasers!-- Freddie got some stuff for hip flips

Groovy stuff for your cup

Let the foam go, get down, drink it up

I swear he made it up hisself, And it'll hypnotise an elf

[pcoldham]

(Miles Pt2)

Them drinks that Freddie mix!

Ain't no ill that they won't fix.

For each emotion, Freddie got a potion

He's known to have you oxified, before you know you even dryyyy.

Just mention his naaaaaaaame, All the cats know Freddie

He serves one, so Freddie deserves one

Cocktails bar done by the way Freddie does

He claims it unnerves one.

[pcoldham]

So all daaaay, juices all daaaay, Freddie

But all that bread, don't reach the tip.

Though I ain't saying Freddie's dealin' , if you know him at all

Then it's a cinch that you know he will.

Everready Freddie, well he pours so steady

IIIIII seen him sink one drink 'fore the next cat was ready

He's got a style that's so well known,

Freddie's on touch, treated too much, its all his own.

[sepiapanorama]

Part 3

An' so I say y'gotta play another way/Y' oughta add a little depth to your attitude/'N exercise y' mind/If y' do you probably will find/That fame ain' nothin' but pride 'n' illusion/Who's up 'n who's down is all facade/I tell y'/While we're whirlin on our axle/At a thousan' miles a minute/While we think we're standin still/When y'think o'that it's kinda peculiar/'Even so, y'oughta know/But alcohol is eatin up your brain/Otherwise wouldn't function quite as slow

[sepiapanorama]

Part 5 (last Trane part)

Y'either gotta'do what the fella said/Or mess y'body up by shootin stuff/'N gittin sick/Don't ever listen t'y'r intellect/'Cause intellect abominates the spirit/Clear! Now separate the false from what is true/If man would only open up 'is inner ear 'n' hear/Few men ever do

[rillloudmother]

@sepiapanorama intellect annihilates the spirit

[sepiapanorama]

@rillloudmother

"annihilates" it is indeed, thanks a lot

[rillloudmother]

@sepiapanorama no problem, man. i've listened to this version hundreds of times and the miles version also. Bobby McFerrin and Al Jarreau's allowed me to internalize a lot of these lines and then i copped the original ones from the miles cut and basically learned how to get through changes with this tune, so it has a special place in my mind forever.

[Honeypietwinny]

I love this remake of this classic.. great memories of my dear friend troy and ex-coworker at Ohara's jazz club in the beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida.. check him out Troy Anderson he does Louie Armstrong to the tee!!! I love you troy!

[mayomout]

Bobby is my favorite!

[rpatel1289]

Jon Hendricks is a great musician. I am a student at the University of Toledo, and Jon Hendricks is the professor of the class i am in -"History of Jazz Class". Its awesome how Jon has worked with many of the musicians we read about in our textbook!!!

[rillloudmother]

@rpatel1289 he is imho, beyond a great musician, he is a musical genius. first of all his lyrics for these solos make 100% sense and secondly, i have yet to hear anyone do a Coltrane solo note for note on an instrument besides sax and hit the tones and rhythms with such authority and precision.

[Randallse]

This combnation of talent is so remarkable. It took a legend like Hendricks to bring this together and to write the lyrics. I love all four artists individually but together ... WOW!!!!

[rillloudmother]

@Randallse Amen!

[subg88]

This is the kind of recording that humbles every musician.

[subg88]

Wow.

[MattieSongbird]

Wow! I've never heard this recording before. This is wonderful! I love Bobby McFerrin and L.H.R.  Awesome stuff.

[nohaytiempodemas]

salud!

[TVGord]

pandagentile, I've had this recording since it was first released, but I can't tell you how much I enjoyed WATCHING it with the photos you've chosen! I love music from the sublime to the ridiculous! This is ridiculously sublime. Thank you for doing this. :-)

[hookalakah]

Thelonious Monk: "Hendricks--you the only mother****** I want puttin' lyrics to my music!" And so it is. That's why Jon sings his own lyrics to "In Walked Bud" on Monk's "Underground" album from '66.

[pandagentile]

perhaps....but i like it!

[jazzsingerlady]

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that... I think it's brilliant.

[BradE17]

freakin' impressive vocalese. That shit would be so hard to do.

[chokujou]

Awesome.

[Wheelie55]

I saw these guys perform this years ago on the Arsenio Hall show. The ever humble Jon said he would "attempt" to sing the Coltrane line, 'cause that's all one can ever do with Coltrane.

I was also lucky enough to visit Jon in the green room at Philharmonic Hall. He struck me as a wholly genuine guy who is in love with life. What a privilege to be alive at the same time as such a genius!

[benefielblues]

awesome! I love this verion.

[revc84]

I've been lookin for this everywhere!

[balhisay]

Great Vocalese!!!