Hoochie Cooche Man

Hoochie Cooche Man is a 1966 album by Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson. The album title has also been spelled as Hoochie Coochie Man.

Reception

Billboard reviewed the album in their September 3, 1966 issue and wrote that "Only six cuts on the LP, but they're all blockbusters, blues based rousers...".

Track listing

1. "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 6:00
2. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 5:30
3. "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) – 5:40
4. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 6:12
5. "Blues and the Abstract Truth" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:25
6. "TNT" (Ben Tucker, Grady Tate) – 5:25

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ, vocals
• Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
• Richard Davis – double bass
• Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
• Bobby Rosengarden – bongos, percussion
• Grady Tate – drums
• Donald Corrado, Willie Ruff – French horn
• Barry Galbraith, Bill Suyker, Billy Butler, Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Buddy Lucas – harmonica
• Jack Agee, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, Bob Ashton – woodwind
• Britt Woodman, Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Tom McIntosh – trombone
• Ernie Royal, Gene Young, Joe Newman, Dick Williams – trumpet
• Don Butterfield – tuba

Technical

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Acy R. Lehman – cover design
• Chuck Stewart – photography

Chart performance

Album

Single

References