Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor is an alto and tenor saxophonist, composer, pianist, percussionist, actor, and tap dancer. He is the Founder/Artistic Director of the jazz and world music ensemble IDRIS ACKAMOOR and THE PYRAMIDS, which he founded in 1972. IDRIS has performed and collaborated with tenor Saxophonists Chico Freeman and John Tchicai, the late alto saxophonist Charles Tyler, drummer Famoudou Don Moye of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Cecil Taylor Creative Orchestra, choreographer Bill T. Jones, and writer Ntozake Shange, and many others. Idris was a protegìé of Chicago legendary master clarinetist Clifford King who had played with Jelly Roll Morton and Freddie Keppard in the 1920s. Idris is one of the first of his generation of jazz artists to receive a significant lump sum to sell his entire 50 -year catalogue of Master recordings to !K7 Music of London, Berlin and New York joining the illustrious company of legendary South African singer, Miriam Makeba, and renowned pianist, Patrice Rushen whose catalogues are also managed by !K7. 

Blue Notes Review
“The mystical Africanism of Sun Ra, the rhythmic vertigo by James Brown, the hypnotic density of Fela Kuti and the libertarian spirit of Cecil Taylor.”

ROLLING STONE 
“Ackamoor embarks on a great afro-jazz trip, flamboyant and timeless, where the ghosts of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders often appear. Brilliant.”