Melvin Sparks
Songs List
JazzTimes: "As you'd expect, Sparks' music is heavy on riffs and grooves and is perfectly accented with gospel-inflected Hammond B3 organ accompaniment."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.It Is What It Is
- 2.Thank You
- 3.Charlie Brown
- 4.A Love Jam
- 5.Clinton Park
- 6.Guitar Playah
- 7.Got the Blues?
- 8.Pick Up the Pieces
- 9.Give Me the Night
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Another Joe
- 2.What You Hear Is What You Get
- 3.The Governor
- 4.Funky Good Time
- 5.Turnin' Point
- 6.Matter of Time
- 7.Get N' It
- 8.Money (That's What I Want)
- 9.Breeze
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.This Is It!
- 2.Bambu
- 3.Heavy Fallin' Out
- 4.My Girl
- 5.Give Your Life to G-d
- 6.Watch Yo' Step
- 7.Bounce
- 8.The Light Is On
- 9.Hot Barbecue
JazzTimes: "Sparks is a significant soloist -- a veritable fountain of clean, bop-rooted eighth-note lines, infectious but unvarying in attack."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Mykia's Dance
- 2.Cranberry Sunshine
- 3.Groove on Up
- 4.Hump
- 5.Ooh Girl
- 6.I Want to Say Thanks
- 7.She's a Bad Mama Jama
- 8.Onion Patch
- 9.If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
- 10.U Got Me!
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.I'm Funky Now - (previously unreleased)
- 2.Disco Booty
- 3.Make It Good - (previously unreleased)
- 4.Love Tones
- 5.Truth Hurts, The - (previously unreleased)
- 6.You're Gonna Make It - (previously unreleased)
- 7.I'm Gonna Funk You Up - (previously unreleased)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.I'm Funky Now
- 2.Disco Booty
- 3.Make It Good
- 4.Love Tones
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.The Truth Hurts
- 2.You're Gonna Make It
- 3.I'm Gonna Funk You Up
- MatchMelvin Sparks
- 100%Gary Bartz
- 70%Lou Donaldson
- 55%Charles Earland
- 54%Idris Muhammad
- 52%Grant Green
- 51%Reuben Wilson
- 50%Richard "Groove" Holmes
- 49%Jimmy McGriff
- 48%The New Mastersounds
- 47%Bernard Purdie
- 47%Jimmy Smith
- 43%Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- 38%The Meters
- 33%Orgone
- 30%Lonnie Smith