Splashes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Splashes
| type = Studio album
| artist = Archie Shepp Quartet
| cover = Splashes.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded = May 4, 1987
| studio = Studio 44, Monster Holland
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:11
| label = L+R
{{small|LR 45 005}}
| 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, recorded in Holland in 1987 and released on the L+R label.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/archie-shepp/catalog/#l-r-lr-45005 Jazzdisco: Archie Shepp catalog] accessed June 12, 2018
Reception
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The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn said "Bluesy, aggressive, typically expressive".{{AllMusic|first=Ron |last=Wynn |class=album |id=mw0000899374 |title= Archie Shepp: Splashes (Tribute to Wilbur Little – Review |accessdate=June 12, 2018}}
Track listing
- "Arrival" (Horace Parlan) – 4:49
- "Steam" (Archie Shepp) – 10:15
- "Reflexions" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:52
- "Relaxing at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) – 8:49
- "Manhattan" (Vernon Duke) – 10:17
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:09
Personnel
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Harry Emmery – bass
- Clifford Jarvis – drums
References
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