Wild Horses Rock Steady
| Wild Horses Rock Steady | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
- electric bass
- Billy Cobham (tracks 2-6), Bernard Purdie (track 1) - drums
- Omar Clay (tracks 1 & 2), 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
- ^ Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed April 30, 2013
- ^ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 30, 2013
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.