Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger.

[1] Born in Blackwell, Arkansas,[2] "Myers was brought up largely by her great-aunt, a schoolteacher, and her great-uncle, a carpenter by trade who played the clarinet, piano, and flute".

[2] She started taking piano lessons around the age of four, including at Sacred Hearts Catholic School, and when she was seven, her family moved to Roosevelt, a Black community outside of Dallas, Texas.

[3] She began to learn some European classical music at high school, but this was interrupted when she and the family moved back to Blackwell.

[8] With Muhal Richard Abrams With the Art Ensemble of Chicago With Arthur Blythe With Lester Bowie With Frank Lowe With Maurice McIntyre With Greg Osby With Jim Pepper With Wadada Leo Smith With Third Rail (James Blood Ulmer & Bill Laswell) With Henry Threadgill With James Blood Ulmer