Splashes Explained

Splashes
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Archie Shepp Quartet
Cover:	Splashes.jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	May 4, 1987
Studio:	Studio 44, Monster Holland
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:11
Label:	L+R
Producer:	Wim Wigt
Chronology:	Archie Shepp
Prev Title:	Little Red Moon
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Duo Reunion
Next Year:	1987

Splashes (subtitled Tribute to Wilbur Little) is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp's Quartet which was recorded in Holland in 1987 and released on the L+R label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn said "Bluesy, aggressive, typically expressive".

Track listing

1. "Arrival" (Horace Parlan) – 4:49
2. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) – 10:15
3. "Reflexions" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:52
4. "Relaxing at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) – 8:49
5. "Manhattan" (Vernon Duke) – 10:17
6. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:09

Personnel

• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
• Horace Parlan – piano
• Harry Emmery – bass
• Clifford Jarvis – drums

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/archie-shepp/catalog/#l-r-lr-45005 Jazzdisco: Archie Shepp catalog