Kooper Session is the second-in-line of the Super Session albums featuring singer-songwriter Al Kooper

Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...

. Joining Kooper in the guitar slot is 15-year-old phenomenon Shuggie Otis

Shuggie Otis

Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist....

, son of legendary rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis is an American singer, musician, talent scout, disc jockey, composer, arranger, recording artist, record producer, vibraphonist, drummer, percussionist, bandleader, and impresario.He is commonly referred to as The Godfather Of Rhythm And Blues.-Personal life:Otis, the son of Alexander...

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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

Super Session

-Personnel:* Al Kooper — vocals, piano, organ, ondioline, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar* Mike Bloomfield — guitars on side one, reissue tracks 10, 12, 13* Stephen Stills — guitars on side two, reissue track 11...

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").

Track listing

1. "Bury My Body" (Al Kooper) – 8:57
2. "Double or Nothing" (Booker T. Jones
   Booker T. Jones
   Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
   
   , Al Jackson, Jr., Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
   
   , Donald "Duck" Dunn) – 2:26
3. "One Room Country Shack" (Mercy Dee Walton) – 3:35
4. "Lookin' for a Home" (Edward Forehand) – 5:49
5. "12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues" (Kooper, Shuggie Otis
   Shuggie Otis
   Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist....
   
   ) – 9:27
6. "Shuggie's Old-Time" (dee-di-lee-di-leet-deet) Slide Boogie (Kooper, Otis) – 4:04
7. "Shuggie's Shuffle" (Kooper, Otis) – 6:26

Personnel

• Al Kooper
  Al Kooper
  Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...
  
  : organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
   (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1, 3 and 4 only), piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   (tracks 1 and 4)
• Shuggie Otis
  Shuggie Otis
  Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist....
  
  : guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (all tracks)

with

• Stu Woods: electric bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (tracks 1-5 and 7)
• Wells Kelly: drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  (tracks 1-5 and 7)
• Mark Klingman: piano (2, 5 and 7 only)
• The Hilda Harris-Albertine Robinson Singers: backing vocals (1 and 4 only)