Bassist Amina Scott has been touring in California in support of her new album “Where the Wild Seed Grows,” and has just wrapped up a sequence of quintet dates. We’re pleased to present this intimate trio engagement at Bird & Beckett before she returns to New Orleans.
Born and raised in Oakland, Amina arrived in New Orleans in 2012 to pursue an undergraduate degree in music at Loyola, and proceeded to Florida State University where she received her masters degree. She then returned to Loyola, where she now teaches. Along the way, she has performed with artists including Steve Turre, Wess “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Jamison Ross, Nnenna Freelon, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and more. She has also performed with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (Tallahassee, FL) and the Albany Symphony Orchestra (Albany, GA). In 2017, Amina was a fellow in the Steans Institute of Music Jazz Program (Ravinia, IL). In New Orleans and further afield, …
