The Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe - A Spirit Speaks- Pure Pleasure LP Vinyl LP Hub

180-gram vinylRemastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, LondonOne 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! Descendents 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.By Drago MuseveniRecorded at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York, December 19, 20 and 21, 1973