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Tim Sparks
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Biography
Tim Sparks (born October 31, 1954) is an American acoustic guitar player, singer, arranger and composer. Biography Raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was given his first guitar when a bout of encephalitis kept him out of school for a year. The music he heard around him was traditional country blues, and the gospel his grandmother played on piano in a small church in the Blue Ridge Mountains, so that's what he taught himself to play. He was nominated for a scholarship at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts. There he studied the classics with Andrés Segovia protegee Jesus Silva. While recording three albums with the seminal vocal jazz ensemble Rio Nido, Sparks also became proficient in jazz styles from Brazilian to Bebop, which brought him several regional music awards including Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Latin Jazz guitarist, and Best Jazz Guitarist in the Minnesota Music Awards. In 1993 he won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the Walnut...
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Discography
- Tanz, 2000
- Little Princess - Tim Sparks Plays Naftule Brandwein, 2009
- At the Rebbe's Table, 2002
- Neshamah, 1999
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| Song | Returning From The River (Fun Tashlach) |
| Artist | Tim Sparks |
| Album | At The Rebbe's Table |
| Label | Tzadik |
| Year | 2002 |
| Song | The Keys From Spain (La Java Espana) |
| Artist | Tim Sparks |
| Album | At The Rebbe's Table |
| Label | Tzadik |
| Year | 2002 |
| Song | Abu's Courtyard |
| Artist | Tim Sparks |
| Album | At The Rebbe's Table |
| Label | Tzadik |
| Year | 2002 |
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On the ABC
- Tim Sparks + The Planet + 14/5/2002
- Monday 24th April 2000 { Tim Sparks} + The Planet + 24/04/2000
- The Weekend Planet - 25 July 2009 - Tim Sparks: Sidewalk ...
- The Planet - 24 April 2000 - Monday 24th April 2000 { Tim Sparks}
- The Planet - 23 June 2003 - Masada Guitars (Bill Frisell, Tim ...
- Thursday, 24th February 2000{Tim Sparks} + The Planet + 24/02 ...
- The Planet - 12 October 2000 - Thursday October 12, 2000 {Tim ...
- The Planet - 24 February 2000 - Thursday, 24th February 2000 ...
- The Planet - 14 May 2002 - Tim Sparks
- Thursday October 12, 2000 {Tim Sparks} + The Planet + 12/10/2000
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