King of Kings

by The Pyramids

Type: Album
Released: 1974
Label: Pyramid
Country: United States
Length: 39:00
Community rating: 5/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Idris Ackamoor, Margo Ackamoor, Bradie Speller, Heshima Mark Williams

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A key document of the deeply spiritual and Afro-centric free jazz movement that flourished outside of the major record labels in the 1970s. 'King of Kings' is a powerful and hypnotic album that blends the cosmic explorations of Sun Ra with African rhythms and a deep sense of ritual. The music is a powerful expression of Black consciousness and cultural identity, featuring group chants, dense percussion, and soaring, Coltrane-influenced saxophone.

Genres

Descriptors: spirituality, ritualistic, avant-garde, percussive, profound

Tracklist

Credits

The Pyramids - primary artist, vocals
Bruce Baker - alto saxophone, composed by, talking drum, balafon, percussion [calypso box, ethiopian drum], other [one-stringed goge], talkbox
Idris Ackamoor - alto saxophone, composed by, talking drum, balafon, percussion [calypso box, ethiopian drum], other [one-stringed goge], talkbox
Kwame Kimathi Asante - bass [hagstrom], idiophone [ugandan harp], percussion
Thomas Williams - bass [hagstrom], idiophone [ugandan harp], percussion
Chris Chafe - cello, guest [guest artist]
Bradie Speller - congas, percussion
Hekaptah - congas, percussion
Donald Robinson - drums, bongos, percussion
Wayne Mitchell - engineer
Margo Ackamoor - flute, percussion
Ted Joans - liner notes
Leonard L. White - photography by [back cover]
Prentiss Tomas - photography by [front cover]
Jerome Saunders - piano, percussion, guest [guest artist]