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
Chicago, Illinois, US
OriginYellow Springs, Ohio, US
GenresJazz, afrobeat
Member ofThe Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951)[1][2] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director.[3] He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids.[4]

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.[5] The band toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before settling in San Francisco in the US.[5] 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.[6]

The band split up in 1977, but Ackamoor has reformed the Pyramids several times.[5] Strut Records released new studio albums by the band in the 2010s: We Be All Africans and An Angel Fell.[7][8] Their 2023 album Afro Futuristic Dreams refers to the work of science fiction writers Octavia E. Butler and Samuel R. Delany.[9][10]

Discography

  • Portrait (1998)
  • Centurian (2000)
  • Homage to Cuba (2004)
  • An Angel Fell (2018)
  • Shaman! (2020)
  • Afro Futuristic Dreams (2023)

With Earl Cross, Rashied Al Akbar, and Muhammad Ali

References

  1. ↑ "Idris Ackamoor". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Idris Ackamoor: Biography". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ Rosen, Michael (19 January 2011). "D/B 11+3 Interview with Idris Ackamoor from the Pyramids". 11plus3.de. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical". TheGuardian.com. 13 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Gallery: the 1970s journey of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids", Wire, June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016
  6. ↑ "Review: Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids' 'Shaman!'". Postgenre.org. 14 August 2020.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Spencer, Neil (May 13, 2018). "Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical". The Guardian. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  9. ↑ "IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS: Two-night residency". West Philly Local. 2023-09-15. Archived from the original on 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  10. ↑ May, Chris (2023-09-08). "Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: Afro Futuristic Dreams album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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