Melvin Sparks

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Born
22 March 1946
Born In
Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
Died
15 March 2011 (aged 64)
Melvin Sparks (born March 22, 1946) is an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Melvin Sparks is the Essential Guitar Player! He’s The Master Of The Groove! The Acid-Jazz Pioneer! The Originator of Soul Jazz, Old School Acid Jazz & BarbecueFunk(FUNKJAZZ) Over the last thirty years he has played with some of Jazz’s greatest musicians: David "Fathead" Newman, Lou Donaldson, Hank Crawford, Reuben Wilson and John Patton (are amongst the many). During the 1970s, Sparks backed up Lou Donaldson on the Funk-Jazz classics &quo… read more
Melvin Sparks (born March 22, 1946) is an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Melvin Sparks is the Essential Guitar Player! He’s The Master Of The Groove! The Acid-Jazz Pioneer! The Originator of Soul Jazz, Old School Acid Jazz & Barbe… read more
Melvin Sparks (born March 22, 1946) is an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Melvin Sparks is the Essential Guitar Player! He’s The Master Of The Groove! The Acid-Jazz Pioneer! The Originator of Soul Jazz, Old School Acid Jazz & BarbecueFunk(FUNKJAZZ) Over the last thirty years he has played with some of … read more

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1 Play track It Is What It Is Thank You
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2 Play track Texas Twister / '75 Get Ya Some
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3 Legends of Acid Jazz I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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4 Legends of Acid Jazz Conjunction Mars
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5 Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got) - Live Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got) - Live
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6 Spark Plug Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?
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7 Play track Legends of Acid Jazz Who's Gonna Take The Weight
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8 Play track Legends of Acid Jazz Spark Plug
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9 Play track Legends of Acid Jazz Charlie Brown
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10 Thank You - Part 1 Thank You - Part 1
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  1. 1,787 listeners

    1 Oct 1995 · 15 tracks

    Texas Twister / '75
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  2. 945 listeners

    8 Jun 2004 · 9 tracks

    It Is What It Is
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  3. 880 listeners

    16 Jul 1996 · 10 tracks

    Legends of Acid Jazz
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    Groove on Up
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