2017 November: We Be All Africans (2016), 2020 August: Shaman! (2020)
Afro Futuristic Dreams - Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids (2023)
Legendary Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids return with cosmic jazz explorations on ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’: "Celebrating 50 years as a pioneering group led by the legendary bandleader Idris Ackamoor, and as a follow-up to their most recent retrospective box set release, The Pyramids return with a highly-anticipated and adventurous new full-length on Strut, titled Afro Futuristic Dreams. This brilliant and expansive 10-track recording pushes their sound in new directions, blending together spiritual and cosmic jazz grooves with strings, African and Eastern-rooted percussion rhythms, and soulful vocal chants and group choruses that delve into subjects as various as police brutality to uplifting celebrations of the ancestors and departed loved ones. There also seems to be a touch of Funkadelic and Sun Ra Arkestra influences in the fabric of the music. ..."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment