Idris Ackamoor

San Francisco's own - idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com

Shaman!

" 'I wanted to use this album [Shaman!] to touch on some of the issues that we all face as individuals in the inner space of our souls and our conscience,' explains Ackamoor. 'The album unfolds over four Acts with personal musical statements about love and loss, mortality, the afterlife, family and salvation.' " idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com

"After studying with free-jazz icon Cecil Taylor, the Pyramids left for a journey through Africa in 1972 where they connected with their cultural roots and developed their own musical vision. On Rhapsody in Berlin this vision is still vibrating; a melodic horn theme interplays with a Pygmy flute, some driving riffs and a heavy funk rhythm. The music will walk you through an enchanted jungle that seems somewhat quiet at first - despite the sense of its hidden power. Suddenly, but elegantly, the music explodes and the saxophone takes off and flies freely before merging with a singing violin into an ecstasy of percussion." www.phonicarecords.com

'Idris Ackamoor is an alto and tenor saxophonist, and composer. He is the Founder, Artistic Director of the legendary jazz and world music ensemble Idris Ackamoor ☥ The Pyramids.' -- idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’. idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com

From the south side of Chicago. Saxophonist, composer, and band leader of the Pyramids.

69 year-old Idris Ackamoor is a "multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director." He is the Founder of the San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey and the founder and artistic director of jazz and world music ensemble Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids.: www.theguardian.com

Idris has been dropping radical jazz bombs since 1972. Bruce Baker (formerly known as Idris Ackamoor) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director.