Splash (Freddie Hubbard album)

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Splash
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Studio album by
Freddie Hubbard
Released1981
Genre Jazz
Label Fantasy
Producer Freddie Hubbard & Al Hall Jr.
Freddie Hubbard chronology
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(1981)		Splash
(1981)		 Rollin'
(1981)
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Splash is a studio album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard released in 1981 on the Fantasy label which features performances by Hubbard with several R&B/soul session musicians. [3]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic biography by Scott Yanow identifies the album as one of Hubbard's "low points" [4] but still features some fine playing albeit not for pure jazz listeners.

Track listing

  1. "Splash" (David "Cat" Cohen, Thurlene Johnson) - 5:02
  2. "Mystic Lady" - 4:53
  3. "I'm Yours" (Clarence McDonald, Hall) - 4:51
  4. "Touchdown" (Cohen, Don Tracy) - 5:08
  5. "You're Gonna Lose Me" (Cynthia Faulkner, Jackie Morissette, Hall) (featuring Jeanie Tracy) - 5:20
  6. "Sister 'Stine" - 5:24
  7. "Jarri" - 6:34
All compositions by Al Hall Jr. & Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Kuroff, Barbara Norton (1983). Songwriter's market. Writer's Digest Books. p. 224. ISBN   9780898791235 . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Yanow, S. Freddie Hubbard biography, Allmusic , accessed June 10, 2009.
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