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AnkAnum: Song Of The Motherland

by Chris May
June 16, 2024

It is always interesting to learn about the world views of the parents of a significant artist, and to consider how they may have influenced their offspring's work. Take the filmmaker Spike Lee. His father was the bassist and composer Bill Lee, who in the 1960s worked with Johnny Griffin, Aretha Franklin and John Lee Hooker, and who, under the nom de guerre The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe, in 1974 released A Spirit Speaks (Strata-East), a politically charged salute ...