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, she leads jazz combos of various sizes, and fusion bands Noruz and Phyra. She also serves as the primary bassist for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and the DeeDee Bridgewater Big Band.  She lays down solid grooves on the club scene, is an in-demand composer and arranger, and can be heard on her own singles, including “Persistence” and “Evidence,” recorded live at Snug Harbor, as well as on her recently released album.

Please join us to enjoy the music she brings, and to give her a warm send-off  as she returns to her Louisiana home base.