A vocalese version is featured on "Freddie Freeloader: Jon Hendricks and Friends" (1990) featuring Bobby McFerrin (Wynton Kelly), Al Jarreau (Miles Davis), George Benson (Cannonball Adderley) and Jon Hendricks (John Coltrane).
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According to the documentary Kind of Blue: Made in Heaven, and an anecdote from the jazz pianist Monty Alexander, 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).
Freddie King | Freddie Mac | Freddie Mercury | Freddie McGregor | Freddie Jones | Freddie Foxxx | Freddie Webb | Freddie Starr | Freddie Green | Freddie Lewis | Freddie Slack | Freddie Prinze, Jr. | Freddie Prinze | Freddie Little | Freddie Lee Peterkin | Freddie Goodwin | Freddie Fox | Freddie Cox | Freddie Coleman | Freddie Blassie | Freddie | Freddie Washington | Freddie Stroma | Freddie Scott | Freddie Scappaticci | Freddie Pendleton | Freddie Norwood | Freddie Mwila | Freddie Lindstrom | Freddie Laker |