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.

Hoochie Cooche Man
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1966
RecordedJune 14, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length34:05
LabelVerve V6-8667
ProducerCreed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
La Métamorphose des cloportes
(1966)
Hoochie Cooche Man
(1966)
Peter & the Wolf
(1966)
Singles from Hoochie Cooche Man
  1. "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man, Part. 1"
    Released: July 1966

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 edit

  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 edit

Musicians edit

Technical edit

Chart performance edit

Album edit

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

Single edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hoochie Cooche Man at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 3 September 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.