April Inez (born as Kaplowitz) was born in Denton, Texas, to two University of North Texas graduates. Her childhood was characterized by her family's numerous moves within Texas and Arkansas, which became more frequent after her parents' divorce when she was four. "Music was really the only continuity then," said April. She listened to her father's jazz records constantly as a child, developing a special fondness for Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Chambers. At age eleven April bought her first guitar and progressed swiftly.
In the years following she took to singing, piano and bass, focusing largely on the latter. By the age of thirteen she was playing professionally on a regular basis, most often in rock bands. She was soon drawn to jazz and has within the past three years become an active jazz bassist in the Austin music scene. Though largely self-taught in guitar, April studied bass under Lynn Seton at the University of North Texas and later with Slim Richards. In addition to jazz, she play almost any genre of music including latin, blues, rock and classical. Venues preformed in include Austin, Texas’ Emo’s, The Elephant Room, Antone's, Treadgills (south and north), Flipnotics, Red Eyed Fly, Red Rum, Red 7, Johnny Finns, Milligan’s, Ruta Maya, Quacks (and many more) and Houston venues such as The Dark Room and Clark’s.
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