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Sparks

The new Sparks album A STEADY DRIP, DRIP, DRIP is released May 15th, 2020 on BMG. Sparks are an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron Mael (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals), initially under the name Halfnelson. Best known for their quirky approach to song writing, Sparks' music is often accompanied by cutting and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's wide-eyed hyperactive front man antics and Ron's sedentary scowling. The band's long career has seen them successfully adopt many different musical genres; including glam pop, power pop, electronic dance music and mainstream pop

Melvin Sparks

Born: March 22, 1946

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 "Everything I Play Is Funky" and "Hot Dog".

Sparks recorded seven albums of his own and played on over 100 other albums. As a session man for Blue Note and Prestige Records, Sparks laid his signature guitar work on many other musician’s albums without ever being in spotlight. It was during this time that Melvin defined the jazz-guitar sound of a generation.

Sparks

By Ludovica Burtone

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blazing Sun; Sinha; Altrove; Awakening; Stelutis; Incontri.

Ludovica Burtone: Sparks

by Angelo Leonardi
December 18, 2023

È un debutto discografico davvero significativo, questo di Ludovica Burtone, violinista friulana di formazione classica con un diploma in composizione del Berklee College of Music e un ottimo curriculum di collaborazioni con jazzzisti statunitensi e internazionali. Inciso a New York con un ensemble comprendente un quartetto d'archi e ritmica, più alcuni ospiti di ...

Sparks

By Steve Hirsh

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Sparks; In The Garden; Bob's Pink Cadillac; Taiko; Real World.

Mark Corroto's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022

by Mark Corroto
December 13, 2022

Year end “Best of" lists are curious beasts. If you asked me last week, I would have listed Wadada Leo Smith's The Emerald Duets (TUM) and John Hébert's Sounds Of Love (Sunnyside) as the best releases of the past year. And most definitely when you inquire next week, I'll certainly tell you to add JD Allen's ...

Steve Hirsh: Sparks

by Mark Corroto
June 28, 2022

Listeners are inclined to classify music into categories. There's trad jazz, bebop, hard bop, post bop, avant-garde, free jazz, third stream, free improvisation, fusion, and the list goes on and on. Needless to say, pigeonholes are for the birds. One might agree after listening to Sparks by Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker, and Steve Hirsh. ...

In The Garden

April 27, 2022

Album: Sparks
By Steve Hirsh
Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2022
Duration: 15:44

Sparks

January 12, 2022

Album: Sparks
By Pasquale Stafano
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 08:09

Pasquale Stafano: Sparks

by Mike Jurkovic
January 8, 2022

Funny how it seems to be that we're forever catching up to jazz no matter how astute or socially notified we believe ourselves to be. Case in point is Sparks, pianist Pasquale Stafano's stylistic and creative balancing act. Released in the pre-omicron haze of September 2021, Sparks delivers more and more as one surrenders ...