Idris Ackamoor

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Idris Ackamoor
At San Francisco City Hall, March 2017
At San Francisco City Hall, March 2017
Background information
Birth nameBruce Baker
Born (1951-01-09) January 9, 1951 (age 70)
Chicago, Illinois, US
OriginYellow Springs, Ohio
GenresJazz
Associated actsThe Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951)[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director.[2] He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids.[3]

The Pyramids[]

He founded the band The Pyramids in the early 1970s at Antioch College in Ohio as part of Cecil Taylor's Black Music Ensemble.[4] The band toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before settling in San Francisco in the US.[4] Exploratory self-releases Lalibela (1973), King Of Kings (1974), and Birth / Speed / Merging (1976) had very limited runs, being sold only at concerts out of the trunks of their cars.[5]

The band split up in 1977, but Ackamoor has reformed the Pyramids several times.[4] Strut Records released new studio albums by the band in the 2010s: We Be All Africans and An Angel Fell.[6][7]

Discography[]

  • Portrait (1998)
  • Centurian (2000)
  • Homage to Cuba (2004)
  • An Angel Fell (2018)
  • Shaman! (2020)

References[]

  1. ^ The Pyramids rider, 2013
  2. ^ Rosen, Michael (19 January 2011). "D/B 11+3 Interview with Idris Ackamoor from the Pyramids". Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. ^ "Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gallery: the 1970s journey of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids", Wire, June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016
  5. ^ https://postgenre.org/ackamoor-shaman/
  6. ^ Denselow, Robin (June 2, 2016). "Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids: We Be All Africans review – Afro-jazz-fusion veterans keep fire burning". The Guardian. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. ^ Spencer, Neil (May 13, 2018). "Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical". The Guardian. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

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