Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Shaman!

Format: 2xLP, Album

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    Europe  
Released:  2020-08-07
Genre:       Jazz
Style:         African

Comments:
Factory sealed brand spanking new

With Shaman!, 69-year-old bandleader and saxophonist Idris Ackamoor completes an impressive trilogy of albums since his re-emergence with 2016’s We Be All Africans and 2018’s An Angel Fell. Like those, it finds Ackamoor’s mix of Afro-funk and free jazz in robust form, though its themes are more personal than political. 

Ackamoor’s sax work – he plays both alto and tenor – remains fiery, recalling Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, though this time it’s tempered by the lyrical flute of Dr Margaux Simmons, a returning founder of the Pyramids’ 1970s lineup. There are muscular funk workouts, like Virgin, studded with vocal declamations, but the album’s 76 minutes are a brilliant, shape-shifting matrix. (The Guardian)

Playlist

Notes:

. Act I: Fire Rites Of Penance
A1. Shaman! 12:33
A2. Tango Of Love 6:37
. Act II: A Glimpse Of Eternity
B1. Eternity 9:48
B2. When Will I See You Again? 7:58
. Act III: Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand
C1. Salvation 10:28
C2. Theme For Cecil 8:14
. Act IV: 400 Years: The Clotilda
D1. Virgin 10:38
D2. The Last Slave Ship 5:18
D3. Dogon Mysteries 5:36

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Record Company !K7 Label Group
Published By Aomawa Music
Recorded At Quatermass Studio
Mixed At Quatermass Studio
Mastered At TechnologyWorks
Lacquer Cut At The Carvery