Idris Ackamoor
Idris Ackamoor | |
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.jpg) At San Francisco City Hall, March 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bruce Baker |
| Born | January 9, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Origin | Yellow Springs, Ohio |
| Genres | Jazz |
Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951)[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director.[2] Ackamoor is also artistic director of the world music/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 returning to the US and settling in San Francisco.[4] The band split up in 1977, but Ackamoor has reformed the Pyramids on several occasions.[4] Strut Records released new studio albums by the band in the 2010s: We Be All Africans and An Angel Fell.[5][6]
Discography
- Portrait (1998)
- Centurian (2000)
- Homage to Cuba (2004)
- An Angel Fell (2018)
- Shaman! (2020)
References
- ^ The Pyramids rider, 2013
- ^ Rosen, Michael (19 January 2011). "D/B 11+3 Interview with Idris Ackamoor from the Pyramids". Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ^ "Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical".
- ^ a b c "Gallery: the 1970s journey of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids", Wire, June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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