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Melvin Sparks:
It Is What It Is
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Savant SCD 2057
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January/February 2004 in Paramus, NJ/USA
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| online distribution |
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| Melvin Sparks |
guitar |
| Joe Herbeck |
sax |
| Cochemea Gastalim |
sax |
| Jeremy Baum |
organ |
| Adam Scone |
organ |
| Eric Kalb |
drums |
01: It Is What It Is
02: Thank You
03: A Love Jam
04: Clinton Park
05: Guitar Playah
06: Got The Blues?
07: Give Me The Night
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Melvin Sparks, a guarantor for groovy and funky jazz music, is best
known for his love of the organ. Sparks' bands often include the
organ or Melvin plays the guitar in organists' bands. Names such as
Gloria Coleman, Joey DeFrancesco, Charlie Earland, Charles Kynard,
Ron Levy, Gene Ludwig, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Don Patterson,
John Patton, Sony Phillips, Dr. John, Lonnie Smith, Leon Spencer, and
Reuben Wilson prove impressively how intense the cooperation between
Melvin and the organists has been or still is.
And more than that: Sparks supports young organ talents, gives them
a chance to achieve a wider reputation. One of the latest has been
George Papageorge (on "What You Hear Is What You Get"). The CD
"It Is What It Is" now features two organ players of the younger
generation, Adam Scone (we know him as the organist of the Sugarmen 3)
and Jeremy Baum.
Both players are fully integrated in Spark's vivid music and show a
great talent at the organ.
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