A Spirit Speaks 180GWALP03 featuring Harold Vick and drummer

featuring Harold Vick and drummer Joe Dukes

complete with his famous crash cymbals on the 4th beat in 4/4 time versus the 1st beat

would die from a heroin overdose at the age of 24 shortly after beginning the tour

cutting high caliber soul-jazz dates for Prestige

A Spirit Speaks 180GWALP03 featuring Harold Vick and drummerActive during the prime years of New York jazz label Strata East, The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe was one of the various projects on the label spearheaded by bassist Bill Lee. Together with siblings Cliff Lee on the flugelhorn and A. Grace Lee Mims adding enchanting soprano vocals to four of these tracks, the group composed hypnotic works of socially astute spiritual jazz on their only record A Spirit Speaks.