Splash (Freddie Hubbard album)

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]

Splash
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	1981
Genre	Jazz
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Freddie Hubbard & Al Hall Jr.
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Mistral (1981) Splash (1981) Rollin' (1981)

Professional ratings

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

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

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn, producer
• David T. Walker - guitar
• Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
• Louis Small - keyboards
• Clarence McDonald - keyboards
• Chester Thompson - keyboards
• Ron Brown - bass
• David Shields - bass
• Jim Keltner - drums
• James Gadson - drums
• Al Hall Jr. - synthesizer, trombone, percussion, producer, arranger
• William "Buck" Clarke - percussion, conga
• Tony Flores - percussion
• Maurice "Mo" Young - backing vocals
• Jeanie Tracy - vocals, backing vocals
• Juan Escovedo - bongos
• Joe Sugayan - congas, percussion

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.