Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids 'We Be All Africans' Feeling Kréyol The era marked a crossroads

The era marked a crossroads for the country’s black musicians

When I sing a love song it is a metaphor for the yearning of a subjugated people to be free

“is free

Despite recording beginning almost two decades earlier

so we really wanted to record this tribute to him

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids 'We Be All Africans' Feeling Kréyol The era marked a crossroadsAlto saxophonist Ackamoor first met Margo Simmons (flute) and Kimathi Asante (electric bass) whilst students together at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio where one of their teachers was renowned pianist, Cecil Taylor. After founding the band in Paris in 1972, performing in Holland and embarking on a cultural odyssey across Africa, the group recorded three independent albums (Lalibela in 1973, King Of Kings in 1974 and Birth Speed Merging in 1976)