Singer: Johnny Hammond
Title: Higher Ground
Label: Kudu ‎– KU-16
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Date of released: 1974
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Size MP3 zip: 1868 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1526 mb
Rating: 4.2✭
Format: MP3 VOC RA MMF MP4 AUD ASF DTS FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Catch My Soul Written-By – Jack Good, Tony Joe White	7:17
A2	Summertime / The Ghetto Written-By [Summertime] – DuBose*, Gershwin*Written-By [The Ghetto] – Hathaway*, Hutson*	9:52
B1	Higher Ground Written-By – Stevie Wonder	10:32
B2	Big Sur Suite Alto Saxophone – Hank CrawfordDrums – Jack DeJohnetteWritten-By – Johnny Smith*	9:00

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Kudu Records Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Mastered At – RCA Studios, Toronto
• Manufactured By – RCA Limited
• Distributed By – RCA Limited
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Creed Taylor, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Flute – Romeo Penque
• Arranged By – Bob James
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Bass Trombone – Alan Raph, Paul Faulise
• Bassoon – Eli Carmen*
• Clarinet – Eddie Daniels
• Conductor – Bob James
• Design [Album] – Bob Ciano
• Drums – Steve Gadd (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Electric Piano, Organ [Yamaha Organ], Mellotron – Bob James
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Flugelhorn – Marvin Stamm
• French Horn – Ray Alonge
• Guitar – George Benson
• Oboe – Romeo Penque
• Organ – Johnny Hammond
• Percussion – Phil Kraus, Ralph MacDonald
• Photography By [Album cover] – Pete Turner
• Photography By [Album liner] – William Cadge
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
• Trombone – Tony Studd, Wayne Andre
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin, John Frosk, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm

Notes

On back cover:
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios.
Recorded October 31 & November 1, 1973.
Produced for KUDU Records by Creed Taylor

On labels:
℗ 1974 Creed Taylor, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A label matrix): RVG 98776 A
• Matrix / Runout (B label matrix): RVG 98776 B
• Matrix / Runout (A runout etched): KU-16-A D-T.O.
• Matrix / Runout (B runout etched): KU-16-B D-T.O.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KU-16	Johnny Hammond	Higher Ground ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	KU-16	US	1974
KQ8 16	Johnny Hammond	Higher Ground ‎(8-Trk, Album, Quad)	Kudu	KQ8 16	US	1974
OW 596	Johnny Hammond	Higher Ground ‎(LP, Album)	One Way , CTI Records	OW 596	Brazil	1974
KU-16	Johnny Hammond	Higher Ground ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	KU-16	Canada	1974
CTI 9032	Johnny Hammond	Higher Ground ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CTI Records	CTI 9032	France	Unknown