Hoochie Cooche Man
{{Infobox album
| name = Hoochie Cooche Man
| type = studio
| artist = Jimmy Smith
| cover = Hoochie_Coochie_Man_Jimmy_Smith_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1966
| recorded = June 14, 1966
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
| genre = Jazz
| length = 34:05
| label = Verve V6-8667
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Jimmy Smith
| prev_title = La Métamorphose des cloportes
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Peter & the Wolf
| next_year = 1966
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Hoochie Cooche Man
| type = studio
| single1 = I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man, Part. 1
| single1date = July 1966
}}
}}
Hoochie Cooche Man is a 1966 album by Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=got-my-mojo-workin-hoochie-cooche-man-mw0000090137|label=Hoochie Cooche Man}} The album title has also been spelled as Hoochie Coochie Man.
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
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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...".{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ERIEAAAAMBAJ |date=3 September 1966 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=79 |issn=0006-2510}}
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=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Chart (1966)
!Peak !Total |
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align="left"|U.S. Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|77{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jimmy-smith/chart-history/tlp/|title=Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith|access-date=December 21, 2017}} | style="text-align:center;"|14 |
=Single=
class="wikitable" |
Year
!Single !Chart !Position |
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1966
|"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Part I)" | style="text-align:center;"|94{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-smith/chart-history|title=Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith|access-date=December 21, 2017}} |
References
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{{Jimmy Smith (musician)}}
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Category:Albums arranged by Oliver Nelson
Category:Albums produced by Creed Taylor
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio