Sparks!

Sparks!
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
Sparks! (1970) Spark Plug (1971)

Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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".^[2]

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