Answer the following question: What type of details about melvin sparks can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: melvin sparks -lrb- march 22 , 1946 -- march 15 , 2011 -rrb- 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 . sparks began working in the rhythm and blues genre as a high school student , first with hank ballard and the midnighters , and then with the upsetters , a touring band formed by little richard , which also backed jackie wilson , curtis mayfield and marvin gaye . sparks moved to new york city and worked as a session musician for blue note and prestige records . as part of the burgeoning soul-jazz scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s , sparks often backed organists like jack mcduff , dr. lonnie smith and charles earland . sparks released his debut album , '' sparks ! '' , for prestige in 1970 . he was seen on northeastern television commercials as the voice of price chopper 's house of bbq advertising campaign . sparks died on march 15 , 2011 , at age 64 , at his home in mount vernon , new york . he had diabetes and high blood pressure .
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