The Descendants Of Mike&Phoebe
A Spirit Speaks

SES-19744
Pure Pleasure Records
81Последний логин: 7 г. назадFeatures: 180g vinyl
- A1: Two Songs For A Boy Named Mark
- A2: Little Bitty Baby
- A3: Soliloquy To A Man-Child
- A4: Coltrane
- A5: Chick Chick
- A6: Well Done Weldon
- A7: A Spirit Speaks
- B1: Attica
- B2: Take My Hand Precious Lord
- B3: Boll Weevil
- B4: Don't Be A Stranger
- B5: Too Little, Too Late
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! 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 Museveni


