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.
Reception The Allmusic biography by Scott Yanow identifies the album as one of Hubbard's "low points" Yanow, S. [ Freddie Hubbard biography], Allmusic, accessed June 10, 2009. but still features some fine playing albeit not for pure jazz listeners.
Track listing "Splash" (David "Cat" Cohen, Thurlene Johnson) - 5:02 "Mystic Lady" - 4:53 "I'm Yours" (Clarence McDonald, Hall) - 4:51 "Touchdown" (Cohen, Don Tracy) - 5:08 "You're Gonna Lose Me" (Cynthia Faulkner, Jackie Morissette, Hall) (featuring Jeanie Tracy) - 5:20 "Sister 'Stine" - 5:24 "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
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