Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids is a jazz project led by the American saxophonist and composer Idris Ackamoor, performing at Copper Bar, Band on the Wall, in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

Idris Ackamoor is an American musician born in Chicago in 1951, whose recording career opened with the album Centurian in 2000. Idris plays alto and tenor saxophone, and also composes, plays piano and percussion, acts and dances tap. In 1972 Idris founded the jazz and world music ensemble IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS, whose first album, Lalibela, appeared in 1973. The Pyramids are an American avant-garde jazz band.

Idris has worked with the saxophonists Chico Freeman and John Tchicai, the late 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. Idris's catalogue of master recordings, covering fifty years, was sold to !K7 Music, which has offices in London, Berlin and New York.

Copper Bar is the venue within Band on the Wall, a concert and performance venue in Manchester's Northern Quarter.