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Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame - 2010 Inductees
[Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame: 2014 | 2012 | 2010 | 2008 | 2006 | 2004 | 2002 | 2000 | 1998 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994]Amina Claudine Myers
Amina Claudine Myers has such a vast musical career that we could write pages. Born in Blackwell, Arkansas, she spent her early years there and in Dallas, Texas, studying classical music, playing in church, singing and entering talent shows.
She received a Rockefeller scholarship and two other music scholarships to Philander Smith College as a music major. Ms. Myers started playing jazz on Ninth Street at the Safari club and played there for a few years, She got lessons from some of the local musicians, Art Porter for one, and learned her craft there. She continued her classical education and learned to play organ, bought her own B3 and began to travel.
She joined the AACM and began composing and performing for both Big Band and Chamber Orchestra in Chicago. Moving to New York she played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as well as many other noted groups. She directed a gospel choir, and received four grants from National Arts Foundations. She was asked to join a group touring Europe and was there often playing in solo, duet, trio, and larger groups. She was teaching jazz and playing at jazz festivals throughout this time. She played with Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Eddie Harris and almost every jazz musician you know.
Ms. Myers has several recordings and she is currently performing original works of jazz, blues and gospel on the pipe organ. This year she was commissioned by the Chicago Jazz Institute to compose and direct a 17-piece orchestra to honor the late Mary Lou Williams' 100th birthday.
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