Wild Horses Rock Steady

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

Last updated May 27, 2025

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.

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v t e 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 #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)