Bobby Sparks II

2-CD EDITION

'Schizophrenia' is an album title that suggests a split personality but on this exhilarating debut, Bobby Sparks II has shown that he is able to juggle multiple musical personalities. In the hands of a lesser musician, perhaps, such a diverse array of musical styles might have resulted in a confusing mess but such is Sparks' talent that he is able to weave together many different sonic strands in a masterful and wholly convincing way. A mightily impressive debut.

PERSONNEL:

• BOBBY SPARKS, keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
• ROY HARGROVE; MICHAEL "PATCHES" STEWART, trumpet
• KEITH ANDERSON, tenor saxophone
• LUCKY PETERSON, ERIC GALES, guitar
• HADRIEN FERAUD, MARCUS MILLER, FOLEY, MICHAEL LEAGUE, bass guitar
• JOHN "LI'L JOHN" ROBERTS, drums
• FRANK McCOMB, vocals and many others.

CD ONE:

• 01. Birth of the sparkchild
• 02. Schizophrenia
• 03. We play what we want
• 04. Bobby Sparks Sr.'s famous chili
• 05. The Comanche are coming
• 06. A girl from Tahiti (Interlude)
• 07. So fine
• 08. I miss U
• 09. Black man running from the police

CD TWO:

• 01. Stono River
• 02. Lio is weird as hell
• 03. All mine
• 04. Let's take a journey
• 05. Can we make love?
• 06. Too late now, boss man! (Interlude)
• 07. Islam (Hadjdj from India)
• 08. Take it!
• 09. Zelin
• 10. Black change
• 11. Mark vs. Simmons (A secret drum story of Houston, TX)