Ronald Myers
| Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. | |
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Dr. Ron Myers plays the flugelhorn at a 2013 performance in Roland, Oklahoma
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1956 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Genres | improvisational jazz praise & worship, hard bop, post-bop, progressive jazz, Soul-jazz, Jazz-funk |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, christian minister, musician |
| Instruments | Trumpet, piano |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | Moja Records |
| Associated acts | Ron Myers Jazz Quartet Alvin Batiste Manty Ellis Larry Ridley Jimmy Cheatham Richard Davis Russell Gunn |
| Website | ronmyersjazz |
Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. (born February 29, 1956) is an American physician, Baptist minister, musician, and civil rights activist. He is the founder and chairman of several organizations active in the modern movement to promote the holiday Juneteenth. He has worked in the field of medicine, providing care to poor rural residents of the American South. He also performs as a jazz musician.
Myers was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of two sons, to Marion Mack Myers and Neoma R. Myers. The Myers family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when his parents became employed as teachers in the Milwaukee Public Schools. He attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. He was a soloist in the high school jazz ensemble on trumpet and later piano, and performed with jazz musicians Sonny Stitt and Donald Byrd at the age of 16.
Myers attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in African American Studies and was a member of the Experimental Improvisational Black Music Ensemble, under the mentorship of trombonist and professor Jimmy Cheatham. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1985 and completed his residency in Family Medicine at LSU Medical Center's Washington St. Tammany Parish Charity Hospital in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1988. He took part-time courses at Reformed Theological Seminary at Mississippi Valley State University in 1989 and 1990.
Myers is married to Sylvia Holmes and they have five children: Ronald Jr., Michael, Eric, Joshua, and Neoma.
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