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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.

Reception

AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating “When All the King’s Horses was originally released, it wasn’t received as well as Inner City Blues had been the previous year. In retrospect, however, this set has assumed its proper place in Washington’s catalog: as one of his more ambitious and expertly performed sessions.”

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

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Released: July 1, 1972
Recorded: May & June 1972
Studio: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Length: 32:05
Label: Kudu
Producer: Creed Taylor