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Amina Claudine Myers

An interview with the AACM alumni on playing in the church, having the Holy Spirit enter the room, performing a play without dialogue, and going to the source.

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Andy Beta
Dec 17, 2025
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Amina Claudine Myers is a living legend and we are blessed to still have her in our midst. She was a key collaborator in the early days of the AACM, working closely with the likes of Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Lester Bowie in the 1970s before recording many albums across the ‘80s. In Myers’s mus…

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