Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942 in Blackwell, near Atkins, Arkansas) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Myers started singing and playing the piano and organ as a child in church choirs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas, where she grew up, and directed choirs at an early age. She graduated in concert music and music education at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas in the early 1960s.