Kooper Session
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| Kooper Session: Super Session, Vol. II | ||
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| Studio album by Al Kooper with Shuggie Otis | ||
| Released | 1970 | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock, Blues, R&B | |
| Length | 40:43 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer | Al Kooper | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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All Music Guide (4/5) link |
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Kooper Session is the second-in-line of the Super Session albums featuring singer-songwriter Al Kooper. Joining Kooper in the guitar slot is 15-year-old phenomenon Shuggie Otis, son of legendary rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis.
Divided into two halves, "The Songs" (a quartet of arranged gospel and rhythm and blues tracks) and "The Blues" (a trio of improvised blues tracks), the album, like Super Session before it, was quickly recorded and featured short, succinct tracks ("Double or Nothing", "One Room Country Shack") and fluid, drawn out jams highlighting the talents of the artists ("12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues", "Bury My Body").
[edit] Tracks
- "Bury My Body" (Al Kooper) – 8:57
- "Double or Nothing" (Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn) – 2:26
- "One Room Country Shack" (Mercy Dee Walton) – 3:35
- "Lookin' for a Home" (Edward Forehand) – 5:49
- "12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues" (Kooper, Shuggie Otis) – 9:27
- "Shuggie's Old-Time" (dee-di-lee-di-leet-deet) Slide Boogie (Kooper, Otis) – 4:04
- "Shuggie's Shuffle" (Kooper, Otis) – 6:26
[edit] Personnel
- Al Kooper: organ (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1, 3 and 4 only), piano (tracks 1 and 4)
- Shuggie Otis: guitar (all tracks)
with
- Stu Woods: electric bass (tracks 1-5 and 7)
- Wells Kelly: drums (tracks 1-5 and 7)
- Mark Klingman: piano (2, 5 and 7 only)
- The Harris-Robinson Singers: backing vocals (1 and 4 only)
