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

"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 6:00

"One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 5:30

"Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) – 5:40

"Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 6:12

"Blues and the Abstract Truth" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:25

"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

1966 albums

Albums arranged by Oliver Nelson

Albums produced by Creed Taylor

Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Jimmy Smith (musician) albums

Verve Records albums