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Verve V6-8667

Got My Mojo Workin' + Hoochie Cooche Man

Jimmy Smith

After leading a series of notable jam sessions for Blue Note, organist Jimmy Smith signed a lucrative contract with Verve in 1962. Throughout the remainder of the decade, he turned most of his music into bluesy vamps. On this CD, a reissue of the two LPs "Got My Mojo Workin'" and "Hoochie Cooche Man", Smith's repertoire ranges from Billy Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately" and Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth" to "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I Can't Get No Satisfaction." In most cases, Smith's versions bear little resemblance to the original recordings. The earlier set has Smith featured with both a quartet and an octet arranged by Oliver Nelson. The remainder of the CD is a big band with Nelson's charts making the orchestra as exuberant as Smith's solos. Overall, this is a worthwhile acquisition for fans of the jazz organ due to his enthusiasm and his ability to uplift the material.

Scott Yanow -All Music Guide


Tracklisting:

01. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Higginbotham) (5:14)
02. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Jagger, Richards) (4:24)
03. 1-2-3 (Borisoff, Madara, White) (4:20)
04. Mustard Greens (Smith) (5:37)
05. Got My Mojo Working (Foster) (8:00)
06. Johnny Come Lately (Strayhorn) (3:58)
07. C Jam Blues (Bigard, Ellington) (3:49)
08. Hobson's Hop (Smith) (4:28)
09. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Dixon) (5:57)
10. One Mint Julep (Toombs) (5:28)
11. Ain't That Just Like a Woman (Demetrius, Moore) (5:41)
12. Boom Boom (Hooker) (6:14)
13. Blues and the Abstract Truth (Nelson) (5:25)
14. TNT (Tate, Tucker) (5:24)
15. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Jagger, Richards) (4:40) (*) Alternate Take

Total time: 79:23 min.

Tracks #1-8 from "Got My Mojo Workin'" (Verve V6-8641) recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on December 16 & 17, 1965. Personnel: On 1-4 Jimmy Smith (org, vcl), Kenny Burrell (g), Ron Carter or Ben Tucker (b), Grady Tate (d). On 5-8 Jimmy Smith (org, vcl), Ernie Royal (tp), Phil Woods (as), Romeo Penque (ts, fl), Jerome Richardson (bs), Kenny Burrell (g), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).

Tracks #9-15 from "Hoochie Cooche Man" (Verve V6-8667) also recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on June 14, 1966. Personnel: Jimmy Smith (org, vcl), with the Oliver Nelson's Orchestra, featuring Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (tp), Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston (tb), Bob Ashton, Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson (reeds), Buddy Lucas (hmca), Kenny Burrell, Billy Butler, Barry Galbraith (g), Bob Cranshaw, Richard Davis (b), Grady Tate (d) and Bobby Rosengarden (perc), among others.

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