Afro Futuristic Dreams cover

Afro Futuristic Dreams

Released

On his fourth album with The Pyramids, septuagenarian jazz polymath Idris Ackamoor travels further out into the spiritual jazz cosmos. Afro Futuristic Dreams does largely what it says on the tin, exploring the astral plane further along charts mapped out by Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, while also taking in journeys through Afrobeat, funk and Hendrix-esque psychedelia. It’s a mind-expanding trip and despite the hour plus flight time (the joyous communion of “Thank You God” clocks in at thirteen minutes alone) you feel back on earth no sooner than your feet left the ground.

Chris Catchpole

Recommended by

Suggestions
Journey in Satchidananda cover

Journey in Satchidananda

Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane
Ptah, The El Daoud cover

Ptah, The El Daoud

Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane
Eve cover

Eve

Angélique Kidjo
The Epic cover

The Epic

Kamasi Washington
For Mahalia, With Love cover

For Mahalia, With Love

James Brandon Lewis, Red Lily Quintet
The Budos Band III cover

The Budos Band III

The Budos Band
Dimensional Stardust cover

Dimensional Stardust

Exploding Star Orchestra, Rob Mazurek
Burn cover

Burn

Sons of Kemet
Secret Sauce cover

Secret Sauce

Eric Ghost