Year : 1970
Label : Prestige
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz
Debut album of studio jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks. He started to play in the backing band of Little Willie John, Little Richard and Sam Cooke between 1963 to 1967, on Brother Jack McDuff' Double Barrelled Soul in 1968, Reuben Wilson' Blue Mode & Lou Donaldson' Everything I Play Is Funky in 1969. He recorded Sparks ! with a great combo featuring Virgil Jones, John Manning, Leon Spencer Jr., Idris Muhammad and special guest saxophonist Houston Person on The Stinker. Titles include Thank You & Spill The Wine by Sly & Family Stone & Eric Burdon with War respectively, a great composition of Spencer, The Stinker. Recorded at studio Rudy Van Gelder.
Melvin Sparks_guitar
Leon Spencer Jr._organ
Idris Muhammad_drums
Virgil Jones_trumpet
John Manning_tenor saxophone
01. Thank You
03. Charlie Brown
04. The Stinker
05. Spill The Wine
