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Released
  
1972

Wild Horses Rock Steady(1971)
  
The Prophet(1972)

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Kudu

Length
  
38:12

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October and November 1971Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums, Jazz albums

Wild Horses Rock Steady is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond recorded for the Kudu label in 1971.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Johnny Hammond's 1972 soul-jazz beauty is another stunning example of great creativity at Creed Taylor's Kudu label through the mid-'70s".

Track listing

  1. "Rock Steady" (Aretha Franklin) - 6:48
  2. "Who Is Sylvia?" (Galt MacDermot) - 7:25
  3. "Peace Train" (Cat Stevens) - 4:31
  4. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) - 7:35
  5. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) - 5:27
  6. "Wild Horses" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 6:26

Personnel

  • Johnny Hammond - organ, electric piano
  • Al DeRisi, Snooky Young - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
  • Wayne Andre - trombone (tracks 4 & 6)
  • Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
  • Harold Vick - tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)
  • Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
  • George Benson (tracks 4 & 5), Eric Gale (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Bob Mann (tracks 3, 4 & 6), Melvin Sparks (tracks 1, 4 & 6) - guitar
  • Ron Carter - double bass, electric bass
  • Billy Cobham (tracks 2-6), Bernard Purdie (track 1) - drums
  • Omar Clay (tracks 1 & 2), Airto Moreira (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) - percussion
  • Julius Brand, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, Harry Katzman, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Max Polikoff - violin (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
  • Bob James - arranger, conductor

    • Production

  • Creed Taylor - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1Rock Steady6:47
    2Who Is Sylvia7:22
    3Peace Train4:31

    References

    Wild Horses Rock Steady Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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