Amina Claudine Myers

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Pianist, organist and singer Amina Claudine Myers grew up in Arkansas and Texas and sang gospel in church as a child. In the 1960s she came to Chicago, where she became a member of the AACM. She played with Lester Bowie, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill and Arthur Blythe. Her music combines gospel and blues with the freedom of the avant-garde. On Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith (1980) she honours one of the first blues singers. She also wrote works for choir and theatre.

Listening

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  Have Mercy Upon Us · Amina Claudine Myers, 1980
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  Song for Mother E · Amina Claudine Myers, 1979
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  God Has Smiled On Me · Lester Bowie (met Amina Claudine Myers), 1978

Discography

Studio albums

• 1979Poems for Piano (The piano Music of Marion Brown)
• 1980Song for Mother E
• 1981Duet
• 1984The Circle of Time
• 1988Amina
• 1988Salutes Bessie Smith
• 1989In Touch
• 1995Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
• 1995Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Amina Claudine Myers
• 2006Afro Indian Blues
• 2009Augmented Variations
• 2016Sama Rou: Songs From My Soul
• 2024Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
• 2025Solace of the Mind

Other work

• 1978The 5th Power · Lester Bowie
• 1980Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 3^NL Reader

See also

• Song for Mother E
• AACM and the Chicago avant-garde
• Soul jazz