alk ans , ▁Africa , ▁and ▁Spain ▁and ▁S par ks ' ▁" master y ▁of ▁these ▁difficult ▁musical ▁forms ." ▁ ▁Comment ing ▁on ▁the ▁bl end ▁of ▁styles ▁used ▁by ▁S par ks , ▁Jazz Times ▁critic ▁Jim ▁Fer g us on ▁wrote , ▁"... ▁this ▁beautiful ▁recording ▁isn ' t ▁jazz ▁per ▁se , ▁but ▁it ▁does ▁have ▁a ▁sp ont ane ity , ▁depth ▁and ▁impro vis ational ▁aspect ▁that ▁will ▁appeal ▁to ▁anyone ▁willing ▁to ▁step ▁outside ▁their ▁every day ▁listening ▁experience ." ▁Down ▁Beat ▁critic ▁John ▁Had ley ▁echo ed ▁the ▁bl ending ▁of ▁styles , ▁writing ▁" With ▁im pe cc able ▁control , ▁he ▁im parts ▁quiet ▁depth ▁to ▁his ▁close ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁mel od ies , ▁harm on ies ▁and ▁unusual ▁rh yth ms ... ▁No ▁small ▁achiev ement , ▁S par ks ▁con ve ys ▁the ▁path os ▁of ▁the ▁D ias por a ▁in ▁his ▁music ." ▁as ▁did ▁D irty ▁Lin en ▁critic ▁Paul ▁Em ile ▁Com eau : ▁" Not ▁only ▁is ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁playing ▁such ▁music ▁on ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁a ▁novel ▁idea ▁but , ▁in ▁the ▁nim ble ▁hands ▁of ▁S par ks , ▁it ▁succeed s ▁ad mi rab ly ... ▁The ▁mix ▁of ▁a ▁traditional ▁approach ▁with ▁the ▁jazz ▁nu ances ▁that ▁the ▁tri o ▁brings ▁to ▁the ▁arrang ements ▁makes ▁for ▁comp elling ▁and ▁original ▁music ▁which ▁should ▁impress ▁both ▁guitar ▁af icion ados ▁and ▁those ▁with ▁a ▁keen ▁interest ▁in ▁the