Hoochie Cooche Man

Hoochie Cooche Man
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	September 1966
Recorded	June 14, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:05
Label	Verve V6-8667
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1966) Hoochie Cooche Man (1966) Peter & the Wolf (1966)
Singles from Hoochie Cooche Man
"I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man, Part. 1" Released: July 1966

Hoochie Cooche Man is a 1966 album by Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson. ^[1] The album title has also been spelled as Hoochie Coochie Man.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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...". ^[2]

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

Chart (1966)	Peak position	Total weeks
U.S. Billboard 200	77 [3]	14

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1966	"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Part I)"	Billboard Hot 100	94 [4]

References

1. Hoochie Cooche Man at AllMusic
2. "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 3, 1966. p. 79. ISSN   0006-2510.
3. "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 21, 2017.
4. "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 21, 2017.