Title: Hootchie Coochie Man [Lilith] Artist: Jimmy Smith Release Date: 4/2/2007 Label: Lilith Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 8013252912528 Genre: Jazz Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earthy, Energetic, Exuberant, Gritty, Gutsy, Joyous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Party/Celebratory, Passionate, Playful, Boisterous, Bravado, Confident, Dramatic, Earnest, Effervescent, Freewheeling, Fun, Greasy, Literate, Lively, Rambunctious, Rousing, Searching, Slick, Sophisticated, Sprawling, Stately, Street-Smart, Uplifting, Urgent, Warm, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
2. One Mint Julep
3. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
4. Boom Boom
5. Blues and the Abstract Truth
6. TNT
7. Hi-Heel Sneakers

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Lilith 125

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Recorded and issued in 1966, this is one of the weirdest Jimmy Smith records ever. Smith is on his B-3 playing the hell out of the blues and backed by the Oliver Nelson Big Band. But that's not what makes it strange. Smith is the instrumental soloist to be sure, but he is also fronting the band as a vocalist and accompanied by Buddy Lucas on harmonica to boot! It's a kind of companion LP to Got My Mojo Workin', with three vocal performances. The original LP issue contained six cuts. This CD version on Lilith contains seven, and the definitive Verve CD version has 15 tracks. These seven will do in a pinch, though, and this set is better than its predecessor -- perhaps because Nelson has a killer band and, as always, has written amazing charts. The players in this lineup include Phil Woods, Ernie Royal, Dick Williams, Billy Butler, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Richard Davis on upright bass, and Bob Cranshaw on Fender electric bass, among many others. The vocal tracks here -- the title cut, "Ain't That Just Like a Woman," and John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" -- are excellent for what they are, and Smith is gritty and soulful enough to pull off the vocals, but it's his organ that gets real in the solos. Other tracks include fine versions of Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth," and "Hi-Heel Sneakers." This may seem a curiosity piece, but it's more than that -- it's well worth taking in and making a part of your Smith shelf. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Acy Lehman Cover Design Barry Galbraith Guitar Bill Suyker Guitar Bob Ashton Reeds Bob Cranshaw Bass (Electric) Bobby Rosengarden Bongos, Percussion Britt Woodman Trombone Buddy Lucas Harmonica Creed Taylor Producer Dick Williams Trumpet Don Butterfield Tuba Donald Corrado French Horn Ernie Royal Trumpet Gene Young Trumpet Grady Tate Drums Jack Agee Reeds Jerome Richardson Reeds Jerry Dodgion Reeds Jimmy Smith Organ Joe Newman Trumpet Kenny Burrell Guitar Melba Liston Trombone Oliver Nelson Arranger, Conductor Phil Woods Reeds Quentin Jackson Trombone Richard Davis Bass Rudy Van Gelder Engineer Tom McIntosh Trombone Val Valentin Director of Engineering Willie Ruff French Horn