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
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| 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

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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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

  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

References

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Category:Archie Shepp albums

Category:1987 albums

Category:Albums produced by Wim Wigt