The message is crystal clear: The Pyramids intended to create Liberation Music wholly inspired in the origins of African art…don’t expect your grandmother’s Spiritual Jazz.
Category: Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids
Spiritual Messenger :: Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramid’s An Angel Fell
Since forming the Pyramids in the early 1970s, Idris Ackamoor has crafted a body of work fusing spiritual jazz with Afrobeat and lyrical mysticism with social justice. After studying with the late […]
Idris Ackamoor :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
In the early 1970s, bandleader Idris Ackamoor formed the Pyramids, blazing a trail that united psychedelia, soul, and jazz, and began to travel the world. The group started in Ohio, […]
Transmissions Podcast :: Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids / Eleanor Friedberger
Welcome to the fourth episode of Aquarium Drunkard’s Transmissions podcast , our recurring series of in-depth conversations and unexpected sounds.. On this week’s episode, we’re splitting our time with two unique artists. Up first […]