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Got My Mojo Workin'
  front cover   side a

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High Heel Sneakers*
5:03
Higginbotham

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction*
4:23
Jagger / Richards

1-2-3*
4:00
Malara / White / Borisoff

Mustard Greens*
5:35
Jimmy Smith

  
  back cover   side b

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Got My Mojo Working**
7:30
Morganfield

Johnny Come Lately**
3:45
Strayhorn

C Jam Blues**
3:47
Ellington

Hobson's Hop**
4:00
Smith

  
  label a  

recording dates

studio

label

cat no.

  

a 16/12/65
b 17/12/65

Van Gelderg Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Verve

V–8641

  

label b
PERSONNEL
organ
Jimmy Smith
  
     

arr/cond

  

Oliver Nelson

  
saxophone
  

Jerome Richardson (Baritone) **
Phil Woods (Alto) **
Romeo Penque **

  
     
flute
   Romeo Penque **  
trumpet
   Ernie Royal **  
     
guitar
   Kenny Burrell */**  
     
bass
  

Ron Carter *
Ben Tucker *
George Duvivier **

  
     
drums
   Grady Tate */**  
  TECH  
producer
   Creed Taylor  
     
engineer
   Rudy Van Gelder  
     
dir.of eng.
   Val Valentin  
REISSUES label   year   cat no.      
    Verve   25/02/97   5338282   as "Got My Mojo Workin'/Hoochie Cooche Man"

1. Hi-Heel Sneakers
2. Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)
3. 1-2-3
4. Mustard Greens
5. Got My Mojo Workin'
6. Johnny Come Lately
7. C-Jam Blues
8. Hobson's Hop

9. I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man
10. One Mint Julep
11. Ain't That Just Like A Woman
12. Boom Boom
13. Blues And The Abstract Truth
14. TNT
15. Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)		  
REVIEW   Another classic of the soul jazz genre is on this Jimmy Smith recording and, like many of them, it's the title track. It contains what could be the best Jimmy solo ever. All the key elements of his style are here and he never nailed them better. But there's more to the tune than that because, well, he sings! Really. What had been gently hinted at on his previous LP, Organ Grinder Swing, hits you from the start on this LP: Jimmy making noises with his mouth! My God! To begin with, Jimmy just grunts and frugs his way along with the most of first side (although he does manage the odd "can't get no satisfaction"). Upon flipping it over, a further shock ensues when he proceeds to sing all the verses and choruses of Got My Mojo Workin'. Critics, already nonplussed by his return to pop hits, were, as you'd expect, dismayed. Happily everyone else was thrilled. It was an extra arrow in Jimmy's already full quiver and served to make proceedings even more fun. For the record, Jimmy's voice is the gutsy and rough-edged holler of a blues shouter, which perfectly suits his music.  
   

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