Idris Ackamoor
Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids.
Idris Ackamoor
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- Name
- Idris Ackamoor
- Birth Name
- Bruce Baker
- Born
- 9 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, US
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- saxophonist · composer · dancer · musician
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Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids.
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Idris Ackamoor (born 1951) is an American composer, dancer and musician, among other activities. The composer was born in Chicago.
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• Name — Idris Ackamoor • Birth Name — Bruce Baker • Born — 9 January 1951 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, US • Origin — Yellow Springs, Ohio, US • Genre — Jazz, afrobeat • Current Member Of — The Pyramids
The Pyramids
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. The band toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before settling in San Francisco in the US. 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. The band split up in 1977, but Ackamoor has reformed the Pyramids several times. Strut Records released new studio albums by the band in the 2010s: We Be All Africans and An Angel Fell. Their 2023 album Afro Futuristic Dreams refers to the work of science fiction writers Octavia E. Butler and Samuel R. Delany.
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• 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 • Ascent of the Nether Creatures (NoBusiness, 2014) recorded in 1980
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- 1.Idris Ackamoor. AllMusic.
- 2.Idris Ackamoor: Biography. All About Jazz. 20 October 2023.
- 3.Rosen, Michael. D/B 11+3 Interview with Idris Ackamoor from the Pyramids. 11plus3.de. 19 January 2011.
- 4.Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical. TheGuardian.com. 13 May 2018.
- 5.Review: Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids' 'Shaman!'. Postgenre.org. 14 August 2020.
- 6."Gallery: the 1970s journey of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids", Wire, June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016
- 7.Denselow, Robin. Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids: We Be All Africans review – Afro-jazz-fusion veterans keep fire burning. The Guardian. June 2, 2016.
- 8.Spencer, Neil. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: An Angel Fell review – stately and lyrical. The Guardian. May 13, 2018.
- 9.Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids: Two-night residency. West Philly Local. 2023-09-15.
- 10.May, Chris. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: Afro Futuristic Dreams album review @ All About Jazz. All About Jazz. 2023-09-08.
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