It Is What It Is the latest disc from Melvin Sparks is set for release today. Sparks wrote five of the nine tracks on the disc which features a number of past and present members of his touring band. Last Friday Soulive’s Eric Krasno and Neil Evans showed their appreciation for the seminal acid jazz guitarist, sitting in with him at Nectar’s in Burlington during’ It’s Your Thing’ and ‘The World Is A Ghetto’ (Sparks had joined Soulive earlier that night at Memorial Auditorium for their closing number, ‘Let The Music Take Your Mind.’)