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Amina Claudine Myers
Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Biography Born in Blackwell, Arkansas, "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". She "started taking piano lessons around the age of four, and when she was seven, her family moved to Roosevelt, a black community outside Dallas. Myers took piano and violin lessons, but eventually, partly for financial reasons, settled on the piano, taking weekly lessons of fifteen minutes each." She began to learn some European classical music at high school, but this was interrupted when she and the family moved back to Blackwell. Myers majored in music education at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. In her second year, she was invited to play at The Safari Room in Memphis, Tennessee. This engagement, however, was very brief, as her musical repertoire was too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheeroan AkLaff
Pheeroan akLaff (born Paul Maddox January 27, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He began playing in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan and Ann Arbor, with R & B keyboardist Travis Biggs, funk keyboardist Nimrod “The Grinder” Lumpkin, The Ebony Set and The Last Days. He moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and formed a group with saxophonist/flautist/percussionist Dwight Andrews. He debuted with saxophonist Bill Barron in 1975, followed by a tenure in Leo Smith's ‘New Dalta Ahkri’ (1977-1979). akLaff developed a longstanding association with saxophonist and poet Oliver Lake starting in 1975, which included writing for their fusion ensemble, ‘Jump Up’. He recorded with Lake on and off from 1980-1992. His extensive work as a session musician includes collaborations with prominent jazz musicians Geri Allen, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Don Byron, Julius Hemphill, Henry Threadgill, Mal Waldron, Sonny Sharrock, Anthony Davis and Reggie Workman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 5th Power
''The 5th Power'' is a live album by Lester Bowie recorded for the Italian Black Saint label and released in 1978. It was recorded during a concert tour of Europe by Bowie's group "From the Roots to the Source" and features performances by Bowie, Arthur Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers, Malachi Favors and Phillip Wilson. Reception The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Creative jazz and a progressive gospel segment. Bowie at his eclectic best. Essential".Nastos, M.Allmusic Reviewaccessed June 28, 2011 Track listing Personnel *Lester Bowie - trumpet *Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone *Amina Claudine Myers - piano, vocals *Malachi Favors - bass *Phillip Wilson - drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... References {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Children
''African Children'' is a double LP by Lester Bowie recorded for the Italian Horo label and released in 1978. It features performances by Bowie, Arthur Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers, Malachi Favors and Phillip Wilson. Track listing Side One # "Amina" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 19:28 Side Two # "Captain Courageous" -10:40 # "Tricky Slicky" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 10:32 Side Three # "Chili MacDonald (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 20:00 Side Four # "For Fela" – 20:16 :''All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated'' **Recorded on 16 April 1978 at Mama Dog Studio, Rome, Italy Personnel *Lester Bowie – trumpet *Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone *Amina Claudine Myers – piano, vocals *Malachi Favors – bass *Phillip Wilson – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blythe Spirit
''Blythe Spirit'' is jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe's fourth album for the Columbia label, recorded in New York City in 1981. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This is one of the most well-rounded Arthur Blythe records from his Columbia period... a fairly definitive Arthur Blythe recording, showing off his links to hard bop, r&b and the avant-garde".Yanow, S. Allmusic Reviewaccessed July 19, 2010 ''NME'' listed it as the 30th best album of 1981. Track listing :''All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated'' # "Contemplation" - 6:54 # "Faceless Woman" - 6:41 # "Reverence" - 6:25 # " Strike up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:44 # "Misty" ( Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 7:24 # "Spirits in the Field" - 3:29 # "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (Traditional) - 5:25 **Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York Personnel *Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone * Abdul Wadud - cello (tracks 1-4 & 6) *Kelvyn Bell - guitar (tracks 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blythe
Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a fast, wide vibrato and an aggressive, precise manner of phrasing" and furthermore as straddling the avant garde and traditionalist jazz, often with bands featuring unusual instrumentation. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Blythe lived in San Diego, returning to Los Angeles when he was 19 years old. He took up the alto saxophone at the age of nine, playing R&B until his mid-teens when he discovered jazz. In the mid-1960s, Blythe was part of the Underground Musicians and Artists Association (UGMAA), founded by Horace Tapscott, on whose 1969 ''The Giant Is Awakened'' he made his recording debut. After moving to New York in the mid-1970s, Blythe worked as a security guard before being offered a place as sideman for Chico Hamilton (1975–77) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salutes The Chicago Blues Tradition
''Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition'' is a live album recorded on 7 July 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and released on their own AECO label. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors and Don Moye with Chicago Beau, Amina Claudine Myers, Frank Lacy, James Carter and Herb Walker. Track listing Disc One # "Erika/Carefree" (Joseph Jarman/Roscoe Mitchell) - 22:38 # "Blues For Zazen" (Joseph Jarman) - 21:22 # "Tin Pan Alley" (Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr.) - 12:23 Disc Two # "I, The Blues" (Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr.) - 7:23 # "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) - 12:17 # "Night Time Is The Right Time" (Leroy Carr) - 9:31 # "Odwalla" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 5:55 # "Got My Mojo Workin'" (Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield) - 5:49 :*Recorded in Geneva, Switzerland on July 7, 1993 Personnel *Lester Bowie: trumpet *Roscoe Mitchell: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone tenor saxophone *Joseph Jarman: soprano saxoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little instruments": bells, bicycle horns, birthday party noisemakers, wind chimes, and various forms of percussion. The musicians would wear costumes and face paint while performing. These characteristics combined to make the ensemble's performances both aural and visual. While playing in Europe in 1969, five hundred instruments were used. History Members of what was to become the Art Ensemble performed together under various band names in the mid-sixties, as members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). They performed on the 1966 album ''Sound,'' as the Roscoe Mitchell Sextet. The Sextet included saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, trumpeter Lester Bowie, and bassist Malachi Favors. For the next year, they played as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet (Muhal Richard Abrams Album)
''Duet'' is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams featuring duet performances with Amina Claudine Myers, released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1981. Reception Critical views of the album have been mixed. The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states: "This was an intense, yet also swinging, enjoyable session, one in which Abrams displayed the mastery of multiple genres that's distinguished his music, and Myers her distinctive mix of secular and spiritual elements".Wynn, R. AllMusic Reviewaccessed 1 April 2009 ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album stars, stating: "Retrospect hasn't changed our view that the two pianists simply get in each other's way". ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' called the album "a surprisingly lyrical and diverse encounter". Track listing ''All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams except as indicated'' # "Transparency of Lobo Lubu" - 9:55 # "Miss Amina" - 7:42 # "Swang Rag Swang" - 4:30 # "Down the Street from the Gene Ammons Public Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spihumonesty
''Spihumonesty'' is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1979 and features performances by Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell, Amina Claudine Myers, Youseff Yancy and Leonard Jones with vocals by Jay Clayton. accessed April 1, 2009 Reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "This drummerless band moves through the charts like information through a printed circuit, and there is an impressive simultaneity to some of the cues which suggests that at least that some of this music was predetermined and meticulously rehearsed".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifea Blinec
''Lifea Blinec'' is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on the Arista Novus label in 1978 and features performances by Abrams, Joseph Jarman, Douglas Ewart, Amina Claudine Myers and Thurman Barker. Reception The Allmusic review states "Muhal Richard Abrams headed one of his finest small combos on this intense quintet session from 1978".Allmusic Reviewaccessed April 1, 2009 Track listing ''All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams'' # "Bud P. (Dedicated To Bud Powell)" - 7:52 # "Lifea Blinec" - 10:02 # "Ja Do Thu (Dedicated To Jarman, Douglas & Thurman)" - 8:19 # "Duo 1" - 8:18 # "Duo 2" - 5:01 *Recorded at Gravado Streeterville Recording Studio in Chicago, February, 1978 Personnel *Muhal Richard Abrams: piano, percussion, conductor *Joseph Jarman: bass saxophone, bassoon, alto clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone, percussion, vocals *Douglas Ewart: bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion *Amina Claudine Myers: p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as a solo pianist. His musical affiliations constitute a "who's who" of the jazz world, including Max Roach, Dexter Gordon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Art Farmer, Sonny Stitt, Anthony Braxton, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Early life Abrams's mother, Edna, was born in Memphis. His father, Milton, was born in Alabama and moved with his parents to Chicago. Richard Lewis Abrams was born there, the second of nine children, on September 19, 1930. His father became a self-employed handyman; his mother was a housewife. "Abrams's paternal grandfather was 'what you call a junk man', selling the fruits of neighborhood foraging. Abrams and his brother would pull the cart aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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