Melvin Sparks (March 22, 1946 – March 15, 2011) | access-date = 2007-06-23}} was an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist. He recorded a number of albums for Prestige Records, later recording for Savant Records. He appeared on several recordings with musicians including Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Leon Spencer and Johnny Hammond Smith.
Sparks was born in Houston, Texas, United States, and raised in a musical family. He received his first guitar at age 11.... more
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