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Descendants of Mike & Phoebe
A Spirit Speaks [Import]
A Spirit Speaks [Import]
Pure Pleasure | CAT #: PPAN-SES-19744
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KEY FEATURES
KEY FEATURES
- 1xLP pressed on 180-Gram Audiophile Black Vinyl
- Housed in a standard sleeve
DETAILS
DETAILS
ARTIST: Descendants of Mike & Phoebe
LABEL: Pure Pleasure
CAT NO: PPAN-SES-19744
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GENRE / STYLE:
- Jazz
RELEASE DESCRIPTION
RELEASE DESCRIPTION
One of the most unique albums on the Strata East label - and that's saying a heck of a lot, given the creative energies flowing through that legendary jazz outlet! Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe is a righteous little project put together by Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, and his brothers and sisters (Cliff Lee, Grace Lee Mims, and Consuela Lee Moorhead) - working here in a group named after their slave ancestors, who are paid tribute in a beautifully flowing batch of tunes!
Lee's round, warm bass tones are firmly at the head of the group on most numbers - recorded at a similar level to his excellent work with Clifford Jordan on Strata East during the same time - and other instrumentation includes piano from Consuela, flugelhorn from Cliff, and percussion from Sonny Brown and Billy Higgins - all used in a wonderfully evocative style that's even better than some of Lee's later soundtrack work. A few numbers feature vocals from Grace - singing wordlessly and with a really heavenly sort of quality - and together, the whole group have an undeniable sense of power and majesty, yet also one that's touched by a really personal sense of poetry too. Titles include a great version of Lee's "Coltrane", which was more famously recorded with Clifford Jordan.
TRACKLIST
TRACKLIST
1. Two Songs for A Boy Named Mark
2. Little Bitty Baby
3. Soliloquy To A Man-Child
4. Coltrane
5. Chick Chick
6. Well Done Weldon
7. A Spirit
8. Attica
9. Take My Hand Precious Lord
10. Boll Weevil
11. Don’t Be A Stranger
12. Too Little
13. Too Late
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