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IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS - SHAMAN! (2LP) VINYL
IDRIS ACKAMOOR
With Shaman!, 69-year-old bandleader and saxophonist Idris Ackamoor completes an impressive trilogy of albums since his re-emergence with 2016»s We Be All Africans and 2018»s An Angel Fell.
Like those, it finds Ackamoor»s mix of Afro-funk and free jazz in robust form, though its themes are more personal than political. The title track, by turns reflective and turbulent, is about a failed love affair, while When Will I See You Again, inspired by mass shootings in the US, dwells on mortality and the dangers of being in the wrong place at the wrong time�, a subject with new resonance in our current pandemic. More subdued, Eternity comes with a swaying, Saharan flavour in line with Ackamoor»s Egyptian preoccupations, while The Last Slave Ship (about Clotilda, which sailed in 1860) is less anguished than forlorn.
Ackamoor»s sax work he plays both alto and tenor remains fiery, recalling Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, though this time it»s tempered by the lyrical flute of Dr Margaux Simmons, a returning founder of the Pyramids» 1970s lineup. There are muscular funk workouts, like Virgin, studded with vocal declamations, but the album»s 76 minutes are a brilliant, shape-shifting matrix
Neil Spencer/The Guardian
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