Melvin Sparks: Live at Nectar’s

Though initially a rhythm-and-blues man who played with Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye as well as Lee “Scratch” Perry, Melvin Sparks made his mark as a groove pioneer. So it’s fitting that his final recording, Live at Nectar’s—captured shortly before the guitarist’s 2011 passing and mixed by Sparks disciple and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts—was taped at a…

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