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 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").

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Musicians

• Al Kooper – organ (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1, 3–4), piano (tracks 1, 4)

• Shuggie Otis – guitar

• Stu Woods – electric bass (tracks 1–5, 7)

• Wells Kelly – drums (tracks 1–5, 7)

• Mark Klingman – piano (tracks 2, 5, 7)

• The Hilda Harris-Albertine Robinson Singers – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4)

Technical

• Al Kooper – producer, liner notes

• Doug Pomeroy – engineer

• Roy Segal – engineer

• Lloyd Ziff – design, photography

• Myra Zeller, Sandy Speiser – additional photography

References