Splash (Freddie Hubbard album) explained

Splash
Type:	Album
Artist:	Freddie Hubbard
Cover:	Splash (Freddie Hubbard album).jpg
Released:	1981
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Fantasy
Producer:	Freddie Hubbard & Al Hall Jr.
Prev Title:	Mistral
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Rollin'
Next Year:	1981

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.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic biography by Scott Yanow identifies the album as one of Hubbard's "low points" ^[2] 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Kuroff . Barbara Norton . Songwriter's market . 1983 . Writer's Digest Books . 224 . 9780898791235 . 20 January 2020.
2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p85567|pure_url=yes}} Freddie Hubbard biography], Allmusic, accessed June 10, 2009.