Now this live date has been released ... Guitarist Melvin Sparks, a soul-jazz legend and acid-jazz pioneer, died yesterday at his Mt. Vernon, New York, home from heart failure. He would have turned 65 ...

Guitarist Melvin Sparks, a soul-jazz legend and acid-jazz pioneer, died yesterday at his Mt. Vernon, New York, home from heart failure. He would have turned 65 next week. Reports indicate he died from ...

In the late 1960s, Melvin Sparks laid down the guitar tracks for two notable acid jazz records Charles ... from Galactic and blend him with a legend like Idris Muhammad, what happens?

Melvin Sparks, a legendary figure in the Acid Jazz movement, died peacefully in his Mt. Vernon, NY home from heart failure yesterday. He was 64 years old. Sparks made his name in the late ‘60s ...