The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare for Sale

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The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare For Sale

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The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare:
$499.99

The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Very Rare Archival SleeveIdris sold these early pressing out of the back of his car.
Idris Ackamoorfounded the band The Pyramids in the early 1970s atAntioch Collegein Ohio as part ofCecil Taylor's Black Music Ensemble.The band toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before settling in San Francisco in the US.Exploratory self-releasesLalibela(1973),King Of Kings(1974), andBirth / Speed / Merging(1976) had very limited runs, being sold only at concerts out of the trunks of their cars.
Spiritual Afro-jazz-influenced ensemble founded byIdris Ackamoor,Margaux SimmonsandKimathi Asantein Paris in 1972. The members met at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and were students ofCecil Taylor. The group recorded three independent albums (Lalibelain 1973,King Of Kingsin 1974 andBirth / Speed / Mergingin 1976), and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area before disbanding in 1977

Alto Saxophone, Composed By, Talking Drum, Balafon, Percussion [Calypso Box, Ethiopian Drum], Other [One-stringed Goge], Talkbox–Bruce Baker,Idris Ackamoor
Bass [Hagstrom], Idiophone [Ugandan Harp], Percussion–Kwame Kimathi Asante,Thomas Williams
Cello, Guest [Guest Artist]–Chris Chafe
Congas, Percussion–Bradie Speller,Hekaptah
Drums, Bongos, Percussion–Donald Robinson
Flute, Percussion–Margo Ackamoor
Piano, Percussion, Guest [Guest Artist]–Jerome Saunders
Vocals–The Pyramids

Some people in America think of jazz and funk as East Coast/West Coast concepts--record companies, clubs, and musicians tend to be based on one or the other. After all, there couldn’t be much of interest coming out of the Midwest, could there? Wrong--in the early 1970s, the Ohio band the Pyramids were laying down sounds that stand the test of time. They mixed jazz (free, bop, and fusion) with powerful funk grooves and elements of African styles. KING OF KINGS has a slightly higher soul/R&B quotient than their other discs, but make no mistake--their singularly powerful, driving, and inclusive approach to rhythm glows throughout.

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The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare For Sale

The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare: $499.99

The Pyramids – King Of Kings LP Orig 1st Press Idris Ackamoor Black Variant Rare:
$499.99