amina claudine myers

[alocispepraluger102]

her piano playing can spellbind you.

[Chuck Nessa]

True. She is a wonderful artist and lovely woman.

typo edit

Edited September 27, 2013 by Chuck Nessa

[alocispepraluger102]

i heard an extended stupendous version of song for mother e from a program recorded live by corporation for public broadcasting back in 1981. i'm afraid that performance is gone forever. i will match the piano playing i heard on that concert with that of any pianist i have ever heard.

Edited September 27, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

[Joe]

Another big fan here. She's no slouch as a Hammond B3 player as well.

I wonder if recordings from her early 00's tour with Von Freeman ever surface?

[kh1958]

I've only gotten to see her live once; she was on organ, backing up Henry Threadgill.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i had never heard of her, until this older gentleman i know was telling me how he once dated this lady in the 70s, he couldnt remember her name for the life of him. but she was a jazz organ player, and played with gene ammons. and had 3 names. thats what he told me. i came on organissimo here, posted the facts, and i think it was chris A who suggested myers, i ask my friend about it- he says yes absolutely.

[StarThrower]

Salutes Bessie Smith is the only Myers album I have. Good stuff!

[Alexander Hawkins]

An incredible player...

A few faves, though I love almost everything I have heard: Salutes Bessie Smith, the duets with Muhal, Bowie's The Fifth Power...

[mjazzg]

any thoughts on "Circle of time"? it's been sitting in a shopping basket for a while and I've not yet pulled the trigger

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I think I have her on two albums, but I can only remember one of them - that's 'Blue Blood', by James Blood Ullmer. Nice!

MG

[king ubu]

I wonder if recordings from her early 00's tour with Von Freeman ever surface?

I know of at least one (taped myself, but no idea where the CDRs might be):

Von Freeman

Concerto Jazz Rete Due

Studio 2, RSI, Lugano (CH)

March 13, 2002

Von Freeman - tenor sax

Amina Claudine Myers - piano

Hein van den Geyn - bass

Han Bennink - drums

CD1/53:38

1. Summertime (G. & I. Gershwin) 44:18 [beginning cuts in]

2. If I Should Lose You () 9:20 [ts-solo]

CD2/45:07

1. All Blues (Miles Davis) 14:40 [p/b/d only]

2. Nardis (Davis-Evans) 11:12

3. Confirmation (Charlie Parker) 14:09

4. We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fisher) [ts-solo]

FM / 99 min

Guess it's "around" ... will try and look for it.

(edit - found it ... my disorderly order is working rather well, after all!)

Edited September 28, 2013 by king ubu

[jazzscriveyn]

any thoughts on "Circle of time"? it's been sitting in a shopping basket for a while and I've not yet pulled the trigger

That's the only album I have of her, played it a lot in those days - like her playing and voice.

Unfortunately haven't heard about her since, not a lot anyway.

A couple of quick & dirty photographs of the vinyl album:

back side (click through to photobucket to enlarge & read the liner notes):

Edited September 28, 2013 by jazzscriveyn

[uli]

Looking forward to hear/see her again solo on organ/voice in the upcoming umbrella fest.

[Stonewall15]

Her performance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz is well worth listening to.

[alocispepraluger102]

Her performance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz is well worth listening to.

i've not heard that. thank you.

[Uncle Skid]

I really like "Jumping in the Sugar Bowl". A fun, joyful record.

The title track in particular -- "... from Miss Myer's recollection of a childhood game of the same name in which all of the kids would gather in a circle with arms interlocked and jump together rhythmically while chanting 'Jumpin' in the sugar bowl, jump jump jump'...".

Also some great drumming by Reggie Nicholson, especially on the really burnin' up-tempo sections of "Cecil B".

[mjazzg]

any thoughts on "Circle of time"? it's been sitting in a shopping basket for a while and I've not yet pulled the trigger

That's the only album I have of her, played it a lot in those days - like her playing and voice.

Unfortunately haven't heard about her since, not a lot anyway.

A couple of quick & dirty photographs of the vinyl album:

back side (click through to photobucket to enlarge & read the liner notes):

Thanks for posting this

[kh1958]

The ones I like are, Augmented Variations, Circle of Time, Salutes Bessie Smith, Women in E(Motion), and Duets (with Muhal Richard Abrams).

[JSngry]

Love all her work (only exception being the 2nd "poppish" album she did for Novus...the first one was also aimed there, but succeeded better, imo).

Song For Mother E is one of the on-the-verge-of-becoming-lost Great Post-Larry Young B-3 albums.

What I wouldn't give to hear (or have experienced) her backing Jug on B-3 back in the day...maybe somebody's got something somewhere...

[AllenLowe]

interested to hear that, which is terrific - though I gotta admit I find her at-the-piano, gospel work unconvincing,

[uli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVUp2MU8Bzg

[alocispepraluger102]

from the late 70s, her sensitive solo recording of marion brown compositions is one of my favs. i doubt that it has come to cd or any other form.

[Alexander Hawkins]

Love all her work (only exception being the 2nd "poppish" album she did for Novus...the first one was also aimed there, but succeeded better, imo).

Song For Mother E is one of the on-the-verge-of-becoming-lost Great Post-Larry Young B-3 albums.

What I wouldn't give to hear (or have experienced) her backing Jug on B-3 back in the day...maybe somebody's got something somewhere...

Love that clip...Pheeroan is absolutely blazing there.......

[jlhoots]

Recordings with Archie Shepp are good.

[Joe]

I feel like I mention this record all the time, but she can also be heard to excellent effect on Frank Lowe's EXOTIC HEARTBREAK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HSUZeFH7A8

(There are also some live recordings from this group, made at Soundstage, were issued by DIW in the 90's. Worth hunting down, if you don't mind the more "documentary"-like sound quality.)