The synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity determination of some aminopyridine-and (aminomethyl)pyridine-salicylaldimine copper(II) complexes were realized. The ligands, L 1-L 6 , were prepared by condensing salicylaldehyde and o-vanillin with 2-and 3-amino-and (aminomethyl)pyridine, respectively. The complexes were characterized by micro-analytical, electronic, infrared and conductivity data. The structures of the Schiff base ligands were further confirmed from 1 Hand 13 C-NMR spectral data. This study established that salicylaldimine ligands could coordinate as neutral species via the imine-N and the undeprotonated phenolic-O. The complexes have the molecular formula: [CuLCl], [Cu(LH) 2 Cl 2 ]•xH 2 O or [Cu(LH)Cl(H 2 O)]Cl. The X-ray crystal structure of [CuL 6 Cl] indicated a square planar geometry with the Schiff base ligand coordinated to the Cu(II) ion as a tridentate monobasic, N 2 O, ligand. The crystals crystallized in a monoclinic system with P2 1 /c space group. All the ligands and their Cu(II) complexes were screened for their antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ATCC ® 6538™ , Bacillus subtillis subsp. spizizenii ATCC ® 6633™ , Escherichia coli ATCC ® 8739™ and Candida albicans ATCC ® 2091™ using agar diffusion and broth dilution techniques. The presence of the methoxyl group enhanced the antimicrobial activity of the salicylaldimine Schiff base ligands.