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 Chart (1966)PeakpositionTotalweeksU.S. Billboard 2007714
Single YearSingleChartPosition1966"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Part I)"Billboard Hot 10094
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