Idris Ackamoor
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Idris Ackamoor is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone), composer, actor, tap dancer, director, and producer. He is the Founder and Executive/Co-Artistic Director of the San Francisco performance company, Cultural Odyssey.
CDs:
He, along with his collaborators Bill T. Jones
and Rhodessa Jones, received an “Izzie” Award in Choreography for Perfect Courage in 1992.
CDs:
- Portrait 1998
- Centurian 2000
- Homage to Cuba 2004
- Music of Idris Ackamoor 1971-2004 2006
He, along with his collaborators Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones is an American artistic director, choreographer and dancer.-Early life:Jones was born in Bunnell, Florida and his family moved North as part of the Great Migration in the first half of the twentieth century. They settled in Wayland, New York, where Jones attended Wayland High School...
and Rhodessa Jones, received an “Izzie” Award in Choreography for Perfect Courage in 1992.