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.

Track listing

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

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