Wild Horses Rock Steady

Wild Horses Rock Steady
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

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

Professional ratings
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
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

References

↑ Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed April 30, 2013
↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 30, 2013
1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.

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[1] Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed April 30, 2013

[2] Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 30, 2013

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.

Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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 No. 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)
With 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)

Pepper Adams
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (John Coltrane, 1957) Critics' Choice (1957) Pepper Adams Quintet (1957) The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957) The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (and Jimmy Knepper, 1958) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Mean What You Say (Thad Jones, 1966) Encounter! (1968) Ephemera (1973) Julian (1975) Twelfth & Pingree (1975) Baritone Madness (1977) Reflectory (1978) Be-Bop? (and Barry Altschul, ) The Master (1980) Urban Dreams (1981) California Cookin' (1983) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983) Generations (and Frank Foster, 1985) The Adams Effect (1985)
Co-led/ with Donald Byrd	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967)
With The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra	Opening Night (1966) Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (1966) Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra (1966) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown (1968) Monday Night (1968) Basle, 1969 (1969) Consummation (1970) Suite for Pops (1972–75) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (1973–74) Live in Tokyo (1974) Potpourri (1974) New Life (1975–76) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra with Rhoda Scott (1976) Live in Munich (1976) It Only Happens Every Time (1977)
With others	Hello There, Universe (Mose Allison, 1970) The Big Sound (Gene Ammons, 1958) Groove Blues (Gene Ammons, 1958) Blue Gene (Gene Ammons, 1958) Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (Chet Baker, 1956) Chet (Chet Baker, 1958–59) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Cubicle (Walter Bishop Jr., 1978) MCMLXX (Ray Bryant, 1970) Double Cross (Hank Crawford, 1967) Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Hank Crawford, 1969) Help Me Make It Through the Night (Hank Crawford, 1971–72) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Ridin' High (Maynard Ferguson, 1967) Soul Street (Jimmy Forrest, 1958) Four on the Outside (Curtis Fuller, 1978) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie, 1967) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967) Wild Horses Rock Steady (Johnny "Hammond" Smith, 1971) The Prophet (Johnny "Hammond" Smith, 1972) Luminescence! (Barry Harris, 1967) Bull's Eye! (Barry Harris, 1968) Poly-Currents (Elvin Jones, 1969) Merry-Go-Round (Elvin Jones, 1971) Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) I/We Had a Ball (Quincy Jones, et al, 1965) Kenton with Voices (Stan Kenton, 1957) Our Mann Flute (Herbie Mann, 1960–66) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960) Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1994) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) Boss Horn (Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (Blue Mitchell, 1967) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (The Mitchells: Whitey, Red & Blue Mitchell & André Previn, 1958) Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) The Cooker (Lee Morgan, 1958) Standards (Lee Morgan, 1967) More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1964) Dedication! (Duke Pearson, 1961)/Minor Mishap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Honeybuns (Duke Pearson, 1965) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (Duke Pearson, 1967–68) Now Hear This (Duke Pearson, 1968) Blue Odyssey (Houston Person, 1968) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Portrait of Shorty (Shorty Rogers, 1957) Pretty for the People (A.K. Salim, 1957) Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin, 1976) I Want a Country Man (Dakota Staton, 1973) Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957) Man Bites Harmonica! (Toots Thielemans, 1958) Mister Mysterious (Mickey Tucker, 1978) The Spoiler (Stanley Turrentine, 1966) Blues for Easy Livers (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1965–66) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)