Wild Horses Rock Steady
1972 studio album by Johnny Hammond
| Wild Horses Rock Steady | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny Hammond | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | October and November 1971 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:12 | |||
| Label | Kudu KU-04 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Johnny Hammond chronology | ||||
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Wild Horses Rock Steady is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond recorded for the Kudu label (a subsidiary of CTI Records) in 1971.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
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".[3]
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
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- All Soul (1959)
- That Good Feelin' (1959)
- Talk That Talk (1960)
- Opus De Funk (1961)
- Stimulation (1961)
- Gettin' the Message (with Lem Winchester, 1961)
- Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail (with Willis Jackson, 1960)
- Black Coffee (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
- Look Out! (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
- A Little Taste (1963)
- Mr. Wonderful (1963)
- The Stinger (1965)
- Love Potion #9 (1966)
- The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (with Byrdie Green, 1966)
- Gettin' Up (1967)
- Soul Flowers (1967)
- Dirty Grape (1968)
- Nasty! (1968)
- Black Feeling! (1969)
- Soul Talk (1969)
- Here It 'Tis (1970)
- Breakout (1971)
- What's Going On (1971)
- Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)
- The Prophet (1972)
- Higher Ground (1973)
- Gambler's Life (1974)
- Gears (1975)
others
- Angel Eyes (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
- Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
- Night Life (Billy Butler, 1970)
- Taking Care of Business (Oliver Nelson, 1960)
- For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms, 1967)
