{"product_id":"the-pyramids-aomawa-the-1970s-recordings-4lp","title":"The Pyramids - Aomawa – The 1970s Recordings [4LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: 4 x LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: STRUT290LPB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4062548038613\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 15 Jul 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 x LP in hard outer box with 12pp 12” insert booklet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD 1 \/ LP 1: LALIBELA (1973)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Lalibela\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Sheba’s Dance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. High Priestess\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Rock Churches\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Dialogue Of The Spirits\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Mesenko Nights\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Indigo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Ya A Ya A Ya A Ya A\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Sunset At Giza\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD 2 \/ LP 2: KING OF KINGS (1974)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Mogho Naba (King Of Kings)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Queen Of The Spirits Part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Queen Of The Spirits Part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Queen Of The Spirits Part 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Nsorama (The Stars)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. My Africa\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD 3 \/ LP 3: BIRTH \/ SPEED \/ MERGING\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Aomawa\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Reaffirmation - Part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Reaffirmation - Part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Reaffirmation - Part 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Reaffirmation - Part 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Jamaican Carnival - Part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Jamaican Carnival - Part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile – Part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile – Part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile – Part 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile – Part 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD 4 \/ LP 4: THE PYRAMIDS: LIVE AT KQED, 1975\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Jamaican Carnival\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. The King He Comes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Theme For Margaux And Kay\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrut present the first box set release to bring together the 1970s recordings of The Pyramids, led by Idris Ackamoor. As students at Antioch College, Ohio, alto saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, flautist Margaux Simmons and bass player Kimathi Asante created three lasting monuments in sound – Lalibela, King of Kings, and Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging, a trio of albums produced without any label backing or distribution between 1972 and 1976. Their music is unique among the varied canon of avant-garde and experimental music of 1970s America: high intensity African-styled percussion topped with songs, chants, and horns, laced with African instruments and arranged into long, flowing suites that surge and roll.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJazz musicians in the US had long been consciously engaging with African sources, concepts, and instruments, and by the early 1970s, Africa was a central reference point for the music, both sonically and philosophically but, by 1973, relatively few prominent jazz musicians had spent any significant time in Africa. The Pyramids were almost alone among their musical generation in journeying to Africa to expressly absorb the sounds, cultures, places and spaces of the continent. During 1972-3, they embarked on an African trip of several months, to Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Egypt. The experience was both musically and personally transformative and remained a crucial touchstone for their own work.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir trip to Africa was made possible through the work-study program at Antioch College, where they had been taught by Cecil Taylor; all had been part of his Black Music Ensemble, Lalibela, King of Kings, and Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging were the remarkable fruits of their progressive education – spiritual unity in sound which remains as vibrant today as ever.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings’ features fully remastered editions of Lalibela, King of Kings, and Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging in their original artwork along with the first ever vinyl issue of their live session for KQED TV in 1975. The accompanying 12-page 12”-sized booklet features extended interviews with The Pyramids by Francis Gooding alongside previously unseen photos from the archive of Idris Ackamoor.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Box set includes all three 1970s albums by The Pyramids + previously unreleased LP ‘Live at KQED, 1975’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- 12pp 12”-sized booklet includes extensive interviews with the three original members of The Pyramids by Francis Gooding alongside unseen photos\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Audio fully restored and remastered by The Carvery\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- The first in a series of Strut reissues from the back catalogue of Idris Ackamoor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41711410348188,"sku":"STRUT290LPB","price":73.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_3fe0a96e-e9f4-4c69-944f-499ac3c1e0a3.jpg?v=1655975529","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/the-pyramids-aomawa-the-1970s-recordings-4lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}