Wild Horses Rock Steady Explained

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

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

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

Notes and References

1. Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed April 30, 2013
2. http://www.johnnyhammondsmith.com/discography.html Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.