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Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: Afro Futuristic Dreams

by Chris May
September 8, 2023

Idris Ackamoor paints on a big canvas, in vivid colours. Listening to the 2023 episode of his multi-decade Afrofuturist odyssey, there are times when he and The Pyramids stir memories of Fela Kuti's Afrika 70 and Egypt 80 bands. At other times, it is Sun Ra's Arkestra. Next up could be an unplugged Funkadelic. And there ...

Idris Ackamoor, Jasper Hoiby, Die Hochstapler & Monder/Malaby/Rainey

by Maurice Hogue
September 12, 2022

A band that has endured since the 70s when they were one of the first American bands to tour Africa, Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, have just re-released some of that early music, and we dig into that, plus new music from Germany's Die Hochstapler, Toronto's Luis Deniz, bassist Nicolas Ojeda from Buenos Aires & Jasper ...

An Angel Fell

By Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Label: Strut Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Tinoge; An Angel Fell; Land Of Ra; Papyrus; Soliloquy For Michael Brown; Message To My People; Warrior Dance; Sunset.

Chris May's Best Releases of 2018

by Chris May
December 16, 2018

After decades in the shadow of its American parent, 2018 is the year in which British jazz is finally coming of age. A growing community of London-based musicians is emerging with a unique aesthetic which reflects both the Caribbean and African musical heritages of the majority of its vanguard players and also such locally created styles ...

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids At Black Box

by Ian Patterson
December 5, 2018

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids Black Box jny:Belfast, N. Ireland November 25, 2018 Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids filed in from the rear of the Black Box, rattling and blowing an array of exotic instruments--none more so than the leader's didgeridoo-esque horn-pipe. Winding its way to the stage, it engaged ...

Sililoquoy for Michael Brown

May 24, 2018

Album: An Angel Fell
By Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Label: Strut Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 9:21

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: An Angel Fell

by Chris May
April 3, 2018

In 2016, California-based tenor saxophonist Idris Ackamoor relaunched his 1970s spiritual-jazz band, The Pyramids, and released a corking new album, We Be All Africans (Strut Records). In spring 2018, he has released another outstanding disc with another almost entirely new line-up. The only musician who is held over from We Be All Africans is violinist Sandra ...