JIMMY SMITH - Got My Mojo Workin' + Hoochie Cooche Man (2000) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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 recorded songs that ranged from treasures to trash, turning most of the music into bluesy vamps. On this CD, a reissue of the 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, the CD is not as essential as Jimmy Smith's better Blue Note dates, but is a worthwhile acquisition for fans of the jazz organ due to his enthusiasm and his ability to uplift the material. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
Got My Mojo Workin' (1965)
1     Hi-Heel Sneakers 5:14
Robert Higginbotham   
2     (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 4:24
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
3     1-2-3 4:20
Leonard Borisoff / Lamont Dozier / Eddie Holland / John Madara / David White
4     Mustard Greens 5:37
Jimmy Smith
5     Got My Mojo Working 8:00
Preston Foster
6     Johnny Come Lately 3:58
Billy Strayhorn
7     C Jam Blues 3:49
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington
8     Hobson's Hop 4:28
Jimmy Smith
Hoochie Cooche Man (1966)
9     (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man 5:57
Willie Dixon
10     One Mint Julep 5:28
Rudy Toombs
11     Ain't That Just Like a Woman 5:41
Claude Demetrius / Fleecie Moore
12     Boom Boom 6:14
John Lee Hooker
13     Blues and the Abstract Truth 5:25
Oliver Nelson
14     TNT 5:24
Grady Tate / Ben Tucker
Previously Unissued Alternate Take
15     (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 4:40
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods (faixas: 5 to 8)
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson (faixas: 5 to 14)
Baritone Saxophone – Jerome Richardson (faixas: 5 to 8)
Bass – Ben Tucker (faixas: 1 to 4, 15), Bob Cranshaw (faixas: 9 to 14), George Duvivier (faixas: 5 to 8), Richard Davis (2) (faixas: 9 to 14), Ron Carter (faixas: 1 to 4, 15)
Bongos, Percussion – Bobby Rosengarden (faixas: 9 to 14)
Drums – Grady Tate (faixas: 1 to 15)
French Horn – Donald Corrado (faixas: 9 to 14), Willie Ruff (faixas: 9 to 14)
Guitar – Barry Galbraith (faixas: 9 to 14), Bill Suyker (faixas: 9 to 14), Billy Butler (3) (faixas: 9 to 14), Kenny Burrell (faixas: 1 to 15)
Harmonica – Buddy Lucas (faixas: 9, 11, 12)
Orchestra – Oliver Nelson's Orchestra
Organ – Jimmy Smith (faixas: 1 to 15)
Reeds – Jack Agee (faixas: 9 to 14), Jerome Richardson (faixas: 9 to 14), Jerry Dodgion (faixas: 9 to 14), Phil Woods (faixas: 9 to 14), Bob Ashton (faixas: 9 to 14)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Romeo Penque (faixas: 5 to 8)
Trombone – Britt Woodman (faixas: 9 to 14), Melba Liston (faixas: 9 to 14), Quentin Jackson (faixas: 9 to 14), Tom McIntosh (faixas: 9 to 14)
Trumpet – Ernie Royal (faixas: 5 to 14), Snooky Young (faixas: 9 to 14), Joe Newman (faixas: 9 to 14), Richard Williams (faixas: 9 to 14)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (faixas: 9 to 14)
Vocals – Jimmy Smith (faixas: 1 to 8, 15)