Released 1970 Label PrestigePR 10001 | ||
Recorded September 14, 1970Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A solid soul-jazz outing that looks to commercial material for the bulk of the set, but doesn't unduly compromise itself in a pop direction... commercial choices, to be sure, but executed with relaxed grit".
Track listing
- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Sly Stone) - 8:08
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:35
- "Charlie Brown" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 5:55
- "The Stinker" (Leon Spencer) - 7:00
- "Spill the Wine" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) - 11:10
Personnel
Production
References
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