{"product_id":"the-descendants-of-mike-phoebe-a-spirit-speaks-pure-pleasure-lp","title":"The Descendants Of Mike \u0026 Phoebe - A Spirit Speaks- Pure Pleasure LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"180-gram vinyl\n\nRemastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\n\nOne 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 \u0026amp; 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!\n\nLee'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.\n\nBy Drago Museveni\n\nRecorded at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York, December 19, 20 and 21, 1973","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56683025891660,"sku":"5060149622643","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/original_d0a34719-1317-4921-8151-c47e34031de8.jpg?v=1770597684","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/the-descendants-of-mike-phoebe-a-spirit-speaks-pure-pleasure-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}