Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.Prestige Records discography accessed May 22, 2013
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".Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 22, 2013.
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 Bob Porter - producer Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
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