Loading details…
Artist
The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe
12+ albums
jazzspiritualstrata-eastspiritual jazzpsychedelic
about
The 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. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
albums
A Spirit Speaks
▥
Strata-2-East
▥
Jazz Supreme: Spiritual Waltz-A-Nova
▥
Brother Where Are You
▥
Strata-East: The Legacy Begins
▥
Free Soul meets P-VINE Jazz
▥
Strata 2 East
▥
THE DESCENDANTS OF MIKE AND PHOEBE - A Spirit Speaks LP (1974) 2017
▥
A Spirits Speaks
▥
spirit speaks
▥
Spiritual Waltz-A-Nova
▥
Jazz Supreme - Spiritual Waltz-A-Nova