Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids bring the American avant-garde jazz ensemble to London, led by Idris Ackamoor, a musician whose recording career began with the album Centurian in 2000.

Idris Ackamoor is an American musician born in 1951 in Chicago, whose recording career began with the album Centurian in 2000. Under his direction, The Pyramids, an American jazz band formed in 1972, play avant-garde jazz. Their first album, Lalibela, came out in 1973.

Over time the group developed into a transcontinental ensemble built around rhythm, themes of liberation and collective improvisation. Its live performances carry the same exploratory approach that has shaped the band's work, linking the radical years of spiritual jazz to later developments in the genre and in Afro-diasporic music.

The Jazz Cafe, the London venue hosting this concert, presents concerts and shows across the city, and this date brings the ensemble's music to its stage.