Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor is an alto and tenor saxophonist, composer, pianist, percussionist, actor, and tap dancer. He is the Founder/Artistic Director of the jazz and world music ensemble IDRIS ACKAMOOR and THE PYRAMIDS, which he founded in 1972. IDRIS has performed and collaborated with tenor Saxophonists Chico Freeman and John Tchicai, the late alto saxophonist Charles Tyler, drummer Famoudou Don Moye of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Cecil Taylor Creative Orchestra, choreographer Bill T. Jones, and writer Ntozake Shange, and many others. Idris was a protegìé of Chicago legendary master...