IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS
Afrocentric world music and spiritual jazz
Afrocentric world music and spiritual jazz
Dit concert wordt geannuleerd wegens gezondheidsredenen. We bekijken of een nieuwe datum mogelijk is. Ticketkopers worden op de hoogte gehouden via mail.
"It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our European Tour in March / April 2024. This is due to unforeseen illness encountered by Idris Ackamoor, the leader of The Pyramids. We know that this will bring disappointment not only to us but to all our fans and event organisers and promoters of the concerts. We hope you can understand our disappointment, but for health reasons Idris has been advised by his doctor to refrain from Travelling / Touring until he has fully recovered from this non-invasive out patient procedure which could be several months." Idris Ackamoor
Saxofonist en componist Idris Ackamoor staat vooral bekend als de oprichter en leider van The Pyramids. Die band bracht in de jaren ’70 drie invloedrijke albums uit: ‘Lalibela, ‘King of Kings’ en ‘Birth/Speed/Merging’. Op die platen lieten de muzikanten spirituele jazz versmelten met Afrikaanse ritmes en Amerikaanse R&B en funk. Live voegden The Pyramids daar nog performance, theater en dans aan toe.
Na een lange periode van inactiviteit zijn Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids sinds 2015 weer samen. Ze tekenden bij Strut Records en brachten ‘We Be All Africans’ uit in 2016, gevolgd door ‘An Angel Fell’ in 2018, ‘Shaman!’ in 2021 en ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’ in september van 2023.
foto Idris Ackamoor The Pyramids © Jelmer de Haas
Saxophonist and composer Idris Ackamoor is best-known as the founder and leader of the Pyramids, an Afrocentric world music and spiritual jazz group whose sound emerges from a fertile creative zone that overlaps the aesthetic terrain explored (like Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, but wit…