All the King's Horses (Grover Washington Jr. album)

All the King's Horses is the second album by American saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. It was recorded in 1972 and released on Kudu Records the same year. In 2008, it was reissued on CD by Verve/GRP Records.^[3]

All the King's Horses
Studio album by Grover Washington Jr.
Released	July 1, 1972
Recorded	May & June 1972
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:05
Label	Kudu
Producer	Creed Taylor
Grover Washington Jr. chronology
Inner City Blues (1972) All the King's Horses (1972) Soul Box (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Track listing

1. "No Tears, in the End" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 3:50
2. "All the King's Horses" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:48
3. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 5:07
4. "Body and Soul (Montage)" (Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 3:04
5. "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) – 4:25
6. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez) – 7:02
7. "Love Song 1700" (Henry Purcell) – 4:49

Personnel

• Grover Washington Jr. – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone solo (4, 6), tenor saxophone solo (7)
• Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements and conductor
• Richard Tee – organ
• Gene Bertoncini – guitar
• Cornell Dupree – guitar
• Eric Gale – guitar solo (1-5, 7)
• David Spinozza – guitar solo (6)
• Gordon Edwards – bass (1)
• Ron Carter – bass (2-7)
• Bernard Purdie – drums (1, 2, 5)
• Billy Cobham – drums (4, 6, 7)
• Airto Moreira – percussion
• Ralph MacDonald – congas
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet solo (6), flugelhorn solo (6)

Brass and Woodwind Section

• George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
• Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
• Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

• Charles McCracken and George Ricci – cello
• Margaret Ross – harp
• Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
• Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin

String Trio (Tracks 4, 6 & 7)

• George Ricci – cello
• Emanuel Vardi – viola
• David Nadien – violin

Production

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Bob Ciano – album design
• Pete Turner – photography

References

1. All the King's Horses at AllMusic
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 203. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. "Grover Washington, Jr. – All The King's Horses". Discogs. Retrieved 9 January 2019.