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Wild Horses Rock Steady



Johnny Hammond ‎– Wild Horses Rock Steady

Kudu records1971  ‎– KU 04


 notes:

Wild Horses Rock Steady is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond 
recorded for the Kudu label (a subsidiary of CTI Records) in 1971.

credits:

    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

   Recorded    October and November 1971
   Studio    Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
    Creed Taylor – producer
    Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  


tracklist:


A1         Rock Steady
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
6:55    
A2         Who Is Sylvia?
Written-By – Galt MacDermot
7:27    
A3         Peace Train
Written-By – Cat Stevens
4:28    
B1         I Don't Know How To Love Him
Written-By – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
7:30    
B2         It's Impossible
Written By – Manzanero - Wayne
5:25    
B3         Wild Horses
Written-By – Jagger-Richards
6:20