Sparks!

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

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".

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