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Melvin Sparks

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American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist (1946–2011)

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Group
Country
US
Active from
1970

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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). <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Melvin
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Houston
Place of death
Mount Vernon
Genre
jazz
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Prestige
Official website
www.melvinsparks.com
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date of birth
1946-03-22
date of death
2011-03-15
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
2011-00-00
place of burial
Kensico Cemetery
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