The Pyramids (1972 - )
Group - United States 70s US funk/free jazz band
Releases (8)
Official
Album
- Lalibela 1973
- King of Kings 1974
- Birth / Speed / Merging 1976
- Otherworldly 2011
- AOMAWA: THE 1970s RECORDINGS 15 Jul 2022
Album - Compilation
- The Best of The Pyramids 2010
- They Play to Make Music Fire! 30 Nov 2012
Album - Live
- Live At KQED, 1975 2022
Relationships (1)
Members
- Idris Ackamoor (1972) original, percussion, saxophone
Recordings by (73)
- Lalibela 22:00 (1973)
- Lalibela (cont.) 5:10 (1973)
- Indigo 16:45 (1973)
- Mogho Naba (King of Kings) 8:26 (1974)
- Queen of the Spirits 13:30 (1974)
- Nsorama (The Stars) 18:01 (1974)
- My Africa 3:32 (1974)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 1. Aomawa 5:36 (1976)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 2. Birth / Speed / Merging 7:40 (1976)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 3. Reaffirmation 7:33 (1976)
- Jamaican Carnival 6:39 (1976)
- Black Man and Woman of the Nile 16:22 (1976)
- Queen of the Spirits, Part 3 6:35 (2006)
- Land of Eternal Song Suite, Part 3 10:51 (2006)
- Masenko Nights 3:00 (2006)
- The River Ganges 11:06 (2006)
- Black Man of the Nile 18:39 (2006)
- Ya A Ya A Ya A Ya A (Anubis Awakens) 6:14 (2006)
- Nsorama 18:12 (2007)
- Jamaican Carnival, Part 1 5:07 (2010)
- Jamaican Carnival, Part 2 1:34 (2010)
- Black Man and Woman of the Nile, Part 1 2:08 (2010)
- Black Man and Woman of the Nile, Part 2 6:46 (2010)
- Black Man and Woman of the Nile, Part 3 5:51 (2010)
- Black Man and Woman of the Nile, Part 4 1:46 (2010)
- Sheba's Dance 4:05 (2010)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite, Part 1 2:08 (2010)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite, Part 2 0:29 (2010)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite, Part 3 1:42 (2010)
- Birth / Speed / Merging Suite, Part 4 3:23 (2010)
- Memory Ritual 6:32 (2011)
- Time Capsule 4:43 (2011)
- What the World Needs Now 2:14 (2011)
- Nebulosity 6:37 (2011)
- Nebulosity Part 2 4:10 (2011)
- Uttering Sacred Words 3:11 (2011)
- Cloud Rider 7:45 (2011)
- Boundless Eternities 4:16 (2011)
- Absolution 7:31 (2011)
- Ancient Funk! 3:52 (2011)
- Otherworldly 2:57 (2011)
- They Came From Chicago 6:40 (2011)
- St. Louis Two! 4:18 (2011)
- Reincarnation 1:49 (2011)
- Memory Ritual (extended version) 8:37 (2011)
- High Priestess 2:39 (30 Nov 2012)
- Rock Churches 9:19 (30 Nov 2012)
- Dialogue of the Spirits 2:26 (30 Nov 2012)
- Mesenko Nights 2:56 (30 Nov 2012)
- Reaffirmation, Pt. 1 2:13 (30 Nov 2012)