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  • ReleaseProduct
    Idrissa's Dream
    Artist
    Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
    Label
    Strut
    Catalogue Number
    STRUT286D
    Release Date
    November 18, 2022

    Strut continues their work from the archives of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids with a first ever vinyl release of Ackamoor’s debut avant-garde / Afro-jazz recordings from 1971 with The Collective, based out of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

    The group was formed after Ackamoor had returned to Antioch from a spell in L.A. under the wing of influential saxophonist Charles Tyler. Pianist Lester Knibbs had been appointed to the Antioch college music department as an assistant professor and had followed a similar path to avant-garde pioneer, Cecil Taylor. “They both came from the classical tradition,” explains Ackamoor, “but also understood jazz and avant-garde improvisation.” Ackamoor and Knibbs started as a duet before Ackamoor met three musicians from Wright-Patterson Air Force base near Dayton. Ackamoor continues, “They would come to Yellow Springs because they could find marijuana there. They were called ‘the three Steves’: Steve Maniscoso, an Italian, Steve Rumboat, a white American and Oakland Steve, a black musician playing flute. Oakland Steve left the air force and then Margaux Simmons arrived – that is the quintet featured on these recordings. You also hear a vocalist called Peggy Pettitt, another Antioch student who became quite famous in movies; she starred in the film Black Girl soon afterwards in 1972.

    This concert is the only professional recording of The Collective from a performance at Kelly Hall in August 1971. “After this, I think the Steves went back to Wright-Patterson,” continues Ackamoor, “and The Collective just naturally evolved and transitioned into the Pyramids. I felt like The Collective was my birth as a composer; we created such a tapestry of sound because Lester had the talent to play enormous arpeggios and colours on the piano, both classically and as improvisation. Our music was just a natural expression, coming from our souls, our hearts and our minds. A channel from above... But it was not pre-designed in any way.

    ‘Idrissa’s Dream’ is fully remastered from the original tapes by The Carvery and the package features an interview with Idris Ackamoor alongside previously unseen photos.

    Digital Tracklist

    1. 1 The Shepherd's Tune The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 12:55 Buy

      The Shepherd's Tune

    2. 2 Idrissa's Dream Part 1 The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 13:04 Buy

      Idrissa's Dream Part 1

    3. 3 Idrissa's Dream Part 2 The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 15:06 Buy

      Idrissa's Dream Part 2

    4. 4 Black Queen The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 10:40 Buy

      Black Queen

    5. 5 Beginning Roots Part 1 The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 19:33 Buy

      Beginning Roots Part 1

    6. 6 Beginning Roots Part 2 The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 10:52 Buy

      Beginning Roots Part 2

    7. 7 Veil of Solitude The Collective and Idris Ackamoor 7:47 Buy

      Veil of Solitude

    8. 8 Mad and Black The Collective 6:38 Buy

      Mad and Black

Strut continue their work from the archives of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids with the first ever vinyl release of Ackamoor’s debut avant-garde / Afro-jazz recordings with The Collective entitled ‘Idrissa’s Dream’. This concert is the only professional recording of The Collective from a performance at Kelly Hall, Antioch College, Ohio in August 1971. The Collective naturally evolved and transitioned into the Pyramids, and in 2022, the band celebrate their 50th anniversary. ‘Idrissa’s Dream’ is fully remastered from the original tapes by The Carvery and the package features an interview with Idris Ackamoor alongside previously unseen photos.









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The complete 1970s recordings of Afrofuturism pioneers The Pyramids, led by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor. The set features the remastered LPs Lalibela, King Of Kings and Birth / Speed / Merging alongside the first ever vinyl issue of their live session for KQED TV in 1975. The accompanying 12-page 12”-sized booklet features extended interviews with The Pyramids by Francis Gooding and a host of unseen photos.





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