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dbpedia:Melvin_Sparks

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Melvin Sparks (March 22, 1946 – March 15, 2011) was an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist. He recorded a number of albums for Prestige Records, later recording for Savant Records. He appeared on several recordings with musicians including Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Leon Spencer and Johnny Hammond Smith.Sparks was born in Houston, Texas, United States, and raised in a musical family. He received his first guitar at age 11.

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Sparks, Melvin Melvin Sparks

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American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist

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2011-01-01Z

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1960-01-01Z

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non_vocal_instrumentalist

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1946-03-22Z

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dbpedia:Texas dbpedia:Houston dbpedia:United_States

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1946-01-01Z

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2011-03-15Z

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dbpedia:United_States dbpedia:New_York n7:_New_York

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2011-01-01Z

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dbpedia:Soul_jazz dbpedia:Hard_bop dbpedia:Twelve-bar_blues

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dbpedia:Guitarist

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dbpedia:Prestige_Records dbpedia:HighNote_Records