Hoochie Coochie Man (Jimmy Smith album)

Hoochie Cooche Man is a 1966 album by Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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...".^[3]

Track listing

1. "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man" (Willie Dixon) – 6:00
2. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 5:30
3. "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (Claude Demitrius, 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

• Jimmy Smith – hammond organ
• 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

Production

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

References