Idris Ackamoor☥The Pyramids (Chicago, USA)

About this event

"Mr. Ackamoor suggests a post-be-bop Prince"

- NEW YORK TIMES - STEPHEN HOLDEN

Idris Ackamoor☥The Pyramids

Featuring:

Idris Ackamoor - alto/tenor sax
Sandy Poindexter - violins
David Molina - guitar
Skyler Stover - bass
Silvestre Martinez - drums (USA)
Johann Polzer - drums(EU)
Bradie Speller - congas

Doors 8pm | www.sugarclubtickets.com

Makaya McCraven Quintet (9pm - 10:30pm)
Idris Ackamoor☥The Pyramids (11pm - 12:30am)
+ Late night Jazz DJ sets til late

THE PYRAMIDS was founded close to FIFTY YEARS AGO in 1972! Alto saxophonist Ackamoor had originally left his hometown of Chicago to study music at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, where his teachers numbered legendary pianist Cecil Taylor. Via the Antioch Abroad Program, Ackamoor landed a year’s study overseas in 1972, which allowed him, and two Antioch students, to travel to Europe and Africa where he co – founded THE PYRAMIDS. Back in Yellow Springs, THE PYRAMIDS brought together all of the knowledge from their journey and released 2 independently produced albums including “Lalibela” (1973), and “King of Kings”(1974). After graduating, Idris and the band headed to Oakland, California and quickly met other musicians in the thriving San Francisco Bay Area music scene where they recorded their third album, “Birth / Speed / Merging” in 1976. The Pyramids played their last concert at the 1977 UC Berkeley Jazz Festival sharing the stage with vocalist Al Jarreau, and jazz legends Woody Shaw and Dexter Gordon. Due to different paths it was time for the individual members to move on. Out of the blue, The Pyramids announced their return in 2007 conducting over 100 shows at national and international locations around the world!

Idris Ackamoor☥The Pyramids will celebrate their acclaimed new album on STRUT RECORDS, “AN ANGEL FELL" with a GLOBAL TOUR! “AN ANGEL FELL” is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2016 release, “WE BE ALL AFRICANS” which was celebrated by NPR PUBLIC RADIO. “It's more like a Central African nightclub…or downtown Manhattan or Chicago's South Side in the late '60s and early '70s, where free-improvising saxophones met electronics and rock music and Sly Stone amid the urgency of the civil rights struggle.”
“AN ANGEL FELL” is a “concept” album for the 21st Century with eight original Ackamoor compositions unified by a common narrative. Produced, recorded, and mixed August 14 – 18, 2017 by Malcolm Catto at Quatermass Sound Lab, London, UK., Strut Records now once again brings the band together for another new side of intergalactic jazz funk, afro-beat grooves and hypnotic licks.