Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans Album

Tracklist

1	We Be All Africans	6:09
2	Silent Days	6:04
3	Whispering Tenderness Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsComposed By, Lyrics By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion – Babatunde LeaElectric Piano, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Percussion – Max WeissenfeldtTenor Saxophone – Idris AckamoorVocals – Graciela Alatorre, Lyndsey CockwellVocals, Violin – Sandra Poindexter	3:50
4	Silent Days Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsComposed By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion – Babatunde LeaFlute – Bastian Duncker, Claudio JolowiczGlockenspiel, Percussion – Max WeissenfeldtLyrics By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce Baker, Rhama KhanViolin – Sandra PoindexterVocals – BajkaVocals, Tenor Saxophone – Idris Ackamoor	6:04
5	We Be All Africans Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsComposed By, Lyrics By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion, Vocals – Babatunde LeaElectric Bass, Vocals – Kimathi AsanteHorns [Slidefanfare] – Jason LiebertPercussion, Vocals – Max WeissenfeldtTenor Saxophone, Keyboards [Keytar], Vocals – Idris AckamoorViolin, Violin [Zeta Violin], Vocals – Sandra PoindexterVocals – Benjamin "Stibbo" Spitzmüller	6:09
6	Clarion Call	5:43
7	Epiphany	7:16
8	Clarion Call Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsComposed By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion – Babatunde LeaGong, Bells – Max WeissenfeldtTenor Saxophone – Idris AckamoorViolin – Sandra Poindexter	5:43
9	Rhapsody In Berlin Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsAlto Saxophone – Idris AckamoorComposed By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion, Voice – Babatunde LeaElectric Bass – Kimathi AsanteOrgan, Percussion – Max WeissenfeldtViolin [Zeta] – Sandra Poindexter	6:22
10	Epiphany Acoustic Bass – Heshima Mark WilliamsAlto Saxophone, Keyboards [Keytar] – Idris AckamoorBells, Drums [Kpanlogo], Shaker, Wood Block – Max WeissenfeldtComposed By – Idris Ackamoor a.k.a Bruce BakerDrums, Percussion – Babatunde LeaElectric Bass – Kimathi AsanteViolin [Zeta Violin] – Sandra Poindexter	7:16
11	Rhapsody In Berlin	6:22
12	Whispering Tenderness	3:50
13	Traponga	2:18
14	Traponga Composed By – Babatunde LeaDrums, Percussion – Babatunde LeaPercussion – Idris Ackamoor	2:18

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STRUT144CD	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans ‎(CD, Album)	Strut	STRUT144CD	UK	2016
STRUT144CD	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Strut	STRUT144CD	UK	2016
none	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids	Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans ‎(7xFile, WAV, Album)	Strut	none	UK	2016

Credits

• Design [Graphic] – Matt Thame
• Executive-Producer – Max Weissenfeldt
• Illustration [Front Cover] – Lewis Heriz
• Lacquer Cut By – Frank Merritt
• Mastered By – Nene Barrato
• Mixed By – Benjamin "Stibbo" Spitzmüller, Nene Barrato
• Producer – Idris Ackamoor, Max Weissenfeldt
• Product Manager, Coordinator [Release Co-ordination] – Quinton Scott
• Recorded By – Benjamin "Stibbo" Spitzmüller

Notes

Contains 12"x12" two-sided lyric and credit insert. Includes a CD version of the album in a clear sleeve with insert. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

From the rear sleeve and labels:
℗ 2016 !K7 Records
© 2016 Cultural Odyssey / Philophon
Under exclusive licence to Strut / !K7

From the insert
Recorded May 18 - 20, 2015 in Kreuzberg, Berlin
"A Philophon Production"
Front cover photo for illustration courtesy of Cultural Odyssey
Tracks A1 to B1, B3 published by Aomawa Music; track B2 published by Drummaster Publishing

Barcodes

• Barcode: 730003314414
• Label Code: LC 07306
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): STRUT 144 LP A – 38853 –
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): STRUT 144 LP B – 38853 –
• Rights Society: BMI

Companies

• Record Company – !K7 Label Group
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – !K7 Records
• Copyright (c) – Cultural Odyssey
• Copyright (c) – Philophon
• Licensed To – Strut
• Licensed To – !K7
• Recorded At – Joy Sound Studios
• Mixed At – Joy Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Joy Sound Mastering
• Lacquer Cut At – The Carvery
• Published By – Aomawa Music
• Published By – Drummaster Publishing
• Designed At – Studio Auto
• Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 38853

Video

Album

From the album 'We Be All Africans' Out now: https. The album is released 27th May 2016 on Strut Records. The Pyramids have been hand-picked by Floating Points to open the West Coast leg of their live 30 years later, The Pyramids reunited unexpectedly following growing demand for their music from vinyl collectors and jazz fans and embarked on the first of many European tours featuring original members, as well as a fresh line-up including renowned percussionist Kenneth Nash. In 2012 the group signed to German label Disko B who released a new album, the freeform Otherworldly and all three albums from their rare back catalogue. For their new album, We Be All Africans, the group traveled to Berlin to hunker down in Max Weissenfeldts analogue Philophon studio. From the album 'We Be All Africans' Out 27th May 2016 on Strut Pre-Order: West Coast jazz mavericks, The Pyramids, led by their inspirational bandleader, Idris Ackamoor, return with a new album on Strut. The band met while in school in Ohio in the 1970s, where one of their teachers was renowned pianist, Cecil Taylor. Having disbanded in 1977, the group re-united in the 2010s following acclaim for their three independently released 1970s LPs from jazz aficionados and record collectors. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids. World , 2016. We Be All Africans. Get Started. United States. Internet Service Terms. Cookie Warning. Rhapsody In Berlin - Idris Ackamoor, The Pyramids. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids We Be All Africans Lottie Brazier , June 6th, 2016 21:00. Spiritual jazz has always been a fringe denomination. And it's difficult to pin down for good reason its name is less to do with the sound of this particular jazz, rather more that its jazz with a particular message religious, political or both. This album shows Ackamoor's band, despite having an almost 30-year break, to be very comfortable with one another in playing together. Unlike with indie bands or in pop music, in jazz it's more common to find people who have played together for years before recording anything. Still sounding impressively fresh Still sounding impressively fresh Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids. Photograph: Tomas Moudry. The new studio album from this US west coast band is an impressively fresh-sounding affair, considering that they started in the early 70s, broke up at the end of that decade, and then reformed when it became clear that there was still a demand for their Afro-jazz-funk fusion. Ackamoor developed his style after taking the original band on a lengthy tour of Africa, living in Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the best tracks here match African influences against the horn solos, as in the furious Rhapsody in Berlin, or the vocal-and-percussion work-out Traponga. More Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids albums. An Angel Fell. Acoustic Bass Heshima Mark WilliamsAlto Saxophone Idris AckamoorComposed By Idris Ackamoor Bruce Baker Drums, Percussion, Voice Babatunde LeaElectric Bass Kimathi AsanteOrgan, Percussion Max WeissenfeldtViolin Sandra Poindexter. Includes a CD version of the album in a clear sleeve with insert. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. From the rear sleeve and labels: 2016 K7 Records 2016 Cultural Odyssey, Philophon Under exclusive licence to Strut, K7