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.
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Charles Earland
jazz musician
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Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Richard Holmes
American organist
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Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
jazz band
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Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Neal Creque
American musician
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Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Sonny Phillips
American musician
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Seldon Powell
American musician
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Reuben Wilson
American jazz musician
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Harold Vick
American musician
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Bob deVos
American musician
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Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Leon Spencer
American jazz organist
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Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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George Coleman
American musician
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Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Rusty Bryant
American musician
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Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Dick Griffin
American musician
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Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Larry Young
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Bill Easley
American musician
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Bill Hardman
American musician
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Kenny Washington
American musician
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Cecil Brooks III
American musician
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Mel Lewis
American musician
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Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Billy Harper
American musician
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Eddie Gladden
American musician
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Horace Ott
American musician
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Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Warren Smith
American musician
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George Freeman
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Peter Bernstein
American musician
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Bobby Durham
American musician
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Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
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Joe Beck
American musician
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Carlos Garnett
American musician
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Freddie Waits
American musician
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Gene Ludwig
American musician
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Jerry Jemmott
American musician
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Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Ben Riley
American drummer
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Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Gary Bartz
American musician
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist