Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951)[1][2] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director.[3] He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids.[4]
The Pyramids
He founded the band The Pyramids in the early 1970s at Antioch College in Ohio as part of Cecil Taylor's Black Music Ensemble.[5] The band toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before settling in San Francisco in the US.[5] Exploratory self-releases Lalibela (1973), King Of Kings (1974), and Birth / Speed / Merging (1976) had very limited runs, being sold only at concerts out of the trunks of their cars.[6]