| Sparks! | ||||
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| Studio album by Melvin Sparks | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | September 14, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 10001 | |||
| Producer | Bob Porter | |||
| Melvin Sparks chronology | ||||
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Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
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
- Melvin Sparks - guitar
- Virgil Jones - trumpet
- John Manning, Houston Person (tracks 3 & 4) - tenor saxophone
- Leon Spencer - organ
- Idris Muhammad - drums
Production
References
- Prestige Records discography accessed May 22, 2013
- ^ Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 22, 2013.