''Splash'' is a

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released in 1981 on the

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label which features performances by Hubbard with several R&B/soul session musicians.

Reception

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identifies the album as one of Hubbard's "low points" Yanow, S. Freddie Hubbard biography ''

'', 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,

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) - 5:08 # "You're Gonna Lose Me" (Cynthia Faulkner, Jackie Morissette, Hall) (featuring

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) - 5:20 # "Sister 'Stine" - 5:24 # "Jarri" - 6:34 :''All compositions by Al Hall Jr. & Freddie Hubbard except as indicated''

Personnel

* Freddie Hubbard -

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, producer * David T. Walker -

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* Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar * Louis Small -

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- keyboards * Chester Thompson - keyboards * Ron Brown - bass * David Shields - bass *

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- drums * Al Hall Jr. -

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, producer, arranger * William "Buck" Clarke - percussion, conga * Tony Flores - percussion * Maurice "Mo" Young -

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, backing vocals * Juan Escovedo - bongos * Joe Sugayan - congas, percussion

References

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