Wild Horses Rock Steady

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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

Recorded October and November 1971 Van 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.

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

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

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