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Released
  
1970

Label
  
PrestigePR 10001

Sparks!(1970)
  
Genre
  
Producer
  
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

  1. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Sly Stone) - 8:08
  2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:35
  3. "Charlie Brown" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 5:55
  4. "The Stinker" (Leon Spencer) - 7:00
  5. "Spill the Wine" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) - 11:10

Personnel

  • Melvin Sparks - guitar
  • Virgil Jones - trumpet
  • John Manning, Houston Person (tracks 3 & 4) - tenor saxophone
  • Leon Spencer - organ
  • Idris Muhammad - drums
  • Production

  • Bob Porter - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
  • References

    Sparks! Wikipedia


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