Детали релиза : Melvin Sparks - I'm A 'Gittar' Player (1997) [FLAC (image + .cue)]

I'm A Gittar Player album by Melvin Sparks was released Oct 28, 1997 on the Cannonball label. Although he appeared on countless R&B and soul-jazz sessions in the 1960s and early 1970s, Melvin Sparks has recorded only sporadically as a leader over the years.
I'm A Gittar Player music CDs The late 1990s found the swinging, Grant Green-influenced guitarist recording for the Minneapolis-based Cannonball label and playing much the same type of groove-oriented organ-combo music he'd been embracing 25 and 30 years earlier. I'm A Gittar Player songs Recalling his work with Charles Earland, I'm a 'Gittar' Player employs Ron Levy on the Hammond B-3 and offers a very accessible fusion of jazz, R&B, blues and pop that often sounds like it could have been recorded in 1970.
I'm A Gittar Player album The only thing letting you know that this decent, enjoyable CD wasn't recorded back then is some Salt-N-Pepa-ish rapping that Sparks' daughters Ayisha and Idrissa provide on a remake of KC & the Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight." Otherwise, a retro outlook prevails. I'm A Gittar Player CD music From the Latin-influenced "Jiggy" (which bears a definite resemblance to War's 1970 hit "Spill the Wine") to congenial numbers like "Sparkling," "Taste the Flavor" and "Mr.
I'm A Gittar Player music CDs Texas," I'm a 'Gittar' Player demonstrates that jazz can have commercial appeal and pop leanings without sacrificing the type of spontaneity and blues feeling that make it jazz in the first place. ~ Alex Henderson

Personnel: Melvin Sparks (guitar).

Recording information: Magic Shop, New York, NY.

Soul-Jazz