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]

Splashes
Studio album by
Archie Shepp Quartet
Released1987
RecordedMay 4, 1987
StudioStudio 44, Monster Holland
GenreJazz
Length49:11
LabelL+R
LR 45 005
ProducerWim Wigt
Archie Shepp chronology
Little Red Moon
(1986)
Splashes
(1987)
Duo Reunion
(1987)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn said "Bluesy, aggressive, typically expressive".[2]

Track listing edit

  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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzdisco: Archie Shepp catalog accessed June 12, 2018
  2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Archie Shepp: Splashes (Tribute to Wilbur Little – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2018.