{"product_id":"descendants-of-mike-phoebe-spirit-speaks-1","title":"Descendants of Mike \u0026 Phoebe: Spirit Speaks - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSpirit Speaks\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eDescendants of Mike \u0026amp; Phoebe\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePure Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5060149622643\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eJazz\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2017-10-20\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         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 \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! 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Two Songs for a Boy Named Mark \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Little Bitty Baby \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Soliloquy to a Man-Child \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Coltrane \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Chick Chick \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Well Done Weldon \u003cbr\u003e1.7 A Spirit Speaks \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Attica \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Take My Hand Precious Lord \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Boll Weevil \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Don't Be a Stranger \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Too Little, Too Late\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Descendants of Mike \u0026 Phoebe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40149368700999,"sku":"33413471","price":72.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3701673.jpg?v=1747786983","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/descendants-of-mike-phoebe-spirit-speaks-1","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}