Al Kooper

producer, arranger, piano, organ, vocal, engineer, keyboard, remixer, synthesizer, guitar, instrument arranger, guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, French horn, horn, electric guitar, vibraphone, strings, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass drum, programming, Clavinet, electric piano

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Lenny White
David Essex
The Blues Project

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bill Szymczyk engineer, remixer A Drive Through the Old Neighborhood, Autumn Song, Hey Jude (rehearsal tape), I Believe to My Soul, I Can't Quit Her (home demo), I Let Love Slip Through My Fingers, Somethin' Goin' On (demo), The Earthquake of Your Love, Went to See the Gypsy
Richard McIntosh engineer I Can't Stand the Rain, I Let Love Slip Through My Fingers, They Just Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore
Don Puluse engineer Hey Jude (rehearsal tape), I Got a Woman, Went to See the Gypsy
Charles Calello arranger, producer, programming Hey Jude (rehearsal tape), I Got a Woman, The Big Chase
Anton Fig drums Somethin' Goin On
Randy Brecker performer, trumpet Sneakin Round the Barnyard, Somethin' Goin On
Fred Lipsius alto saxophone I Got a Woman, Somethin' Goin On
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) drums The Big Chase, The Earthquake of Your Love
Rick Marotta drums I Got a Woman, Went to See the Gypsy
Neil Stubenhaus bass guitar The Big Chase, The Earthquake of Your Love
Bill Lloyd (american from Foster and Lloyd) vocal Living in My Own Religion, Making Plans for Nigel
Joe Farrell tenor saxophone Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
Belton Evans drums Somethin' Goin' On (demo)
Avi Kipper engineer The Big Chase
Artie Butler arranger, conductor New York's My Home (Razz-A-Ma-Tazz) aka The Street Song (single version)
Bobby West bass guitar I Believe to My Soul
Buddy Salzman drums Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
Clarke Schleicher (American producer, engineer and mixing engineer.) engineer Bulgarya
Claudia Lennear vocal I Believe to My Soul
Clydie King vocal I Believe to My Soul
Dick Hyman piano I Wanna Little Girl
Donna Weiss vocal I Believe to My Soul
Dorothy Morrison vocal I Believe to My Soul
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) slide guitar I Can't Stand the Rain
Ernie Royal trumpet Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
Gary Laney engineer Living in My Own Religion
Gene Morford vocal This Diamond Ring
George Young (saxophonist) alto saxophone Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
Hank Crawford alto saxophone How 'My Ever Going to Get Over You
Jeff Stout trumpet Autumn Song
Jelly Roll Johnson (harmonica player Kirk Johnson) harmonica Nuthin' I Won't Do (For a Woman Like You)
Jerry Peterson tenor saxophone I Let Love Slip Through My Fingers
Jim Fielder (Bassist with Blood, Sweat & Tears) electric bass guitar Somethin' Goin On
Jimmy Vivino electric guitar Somethin' Goin On
Bernie Glow trumpet Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
John Cowan vocal Living in My Own Religion
John Gardner (US drummer) drums Bulgarya
John Paul Fetta bass guitar Baby Please Don't Go
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician) arranger, producer This Diamond Ring
Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) engineer I Believe to My Soul
Lee Keifer engineer The Earthquake of Your Love
Little Beaver guitar This Diamond Ring
Mick Taylor guitar I Believe to My Soul
Oren Waters vocal This Diamond Ring
Paul Franklin pedal steel guitar Bulgarya
Paul Humphries (drums) drums I Believe to My Soul
Pete Weiss (Engineered Stoney End by Barbra Streisand) engineer Baby Please Don't Go
Rita Coolidge vocal I Believe to My Soul
Ron Hicklin vocal This Diamond Ring
Roy Markowitz drums Baby Please Don't Go
Steve Rosenthal engineer Bulgarya
Stu Woods (bass guitarist) bass guitar Went to See the Gypsy
Sye Mitchell engineer I Believe to My Soul
The Ron Hicklin Singers vocal They Just Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore
Tom Bahler vocal This Diamond Ring
Venetta Fields vocal I Believe to My Soul
Etta Britt vocal Living in My Own Religion

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Lynyrd Skynyrd engineer, instrument arranger, producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, horn, organ, piano, synthesizer Call Me the Breeze, Don’t Ask Me No Questions, Down South Jukin’ (demo), Free Bird, Free Bird (demo), Free Bird (outtake version), Gimme Three Steps, Gimme Three Steps (demo), I Ain’t the One, Mississippi Kid, Mr. Banker, Mr. Banker (demo), One in the Sun, Poison Whiskey, Saturday Night Special, Simple Man, Swamp Music, Sweet Home Alabama, Take Your Time, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Things Goin’ On, Truck Drivin' Man, Tuesday’s Gone, Tuesday’s Gone (demo), Workin’ for MCA
Blood, Sweat & Tears arranger, instrument arranger, vocal, bass drum, keyboard, organ, piano, strings House in the Country, I Can’t Quit Her, I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know, Just One Smile, Meagan’s Gypsy Eyes, More and More, Morning Glory, My Days Are Numbered, Overture, Smiling Phases, So Much Love / Underture, Somethin’ Goin’ On, The Modern Adventure of Plato, Diogenes and Freud, Without Her, You've Made Me So Very Happy
Lenny White producer Chapter 10: Climax: Theme for Astral Pirates, Chapter 1: Pursuit, Chapter 2: Mandarin Warlords, Chapter 3: The Great Pyramid, Chapter 4: Universal Love, Chapter 5: Remembering, Chapter 6: Revelation (Astral Pirates), Chapter 7: Stew, Cabbage and Galactic Beans, Chapter 8: Heavy Metal Monster, Chapter 9: Assult, Prelude: Theme for Astral Pirates
David Essex arranger, producer Be Bop a Lula, Life Support System, Pick Up the Future, Showgirls, Silly Little Baby Running, Sunday Papers, Sunshine Girl, The Magician, The Politician, Totally Secure
The Blues Project keyboard Caress Me Baby, Cheryl's Going Home, Flute Thing, Fly Away, I Can't Keep From Crying, Steve's Song, Two Trains Running, Wake Me, Shake Me, You Can't Catch Me
The M.O.B. piano Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, I Wanna Be Your Lover, If You Gotta Go, Go Now, Jet Pilot, Midnight Train, Number One, She's Your Lover Now, Visions of Johanna
The Who organ Behind Blue Eyes (original version), Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand, Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (alternative version), Rael 1
Bob Dylan keyboard They Killed Him, Under the Red Sky, You Wanna Ramble
Anton Fig organ Anyway That You Want Me
John Mellencamp organ Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Like a Rolling Stone
The Subdudes organ, piano Town Square, Wedding Rites
Rachel Sweet producer A Teenage Prayer, Please, Mr. Jailer
Trisha Yearwood organ Fools Like Me
The Rolling Stones French horn, organ, piano You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Benjamin Schmidinger arranger, vocal, organ I Love You More You'll Ever Know
The Jimi Hendrix Experience piano Long Hot Summer Night
Motoi Izawa organ Albert's Shuffle
James Intveld producer Teardrops Are Falling
Gil Michael organ My Back Pages
Chris Catena Wurlitzer electric piano, piano Desire