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Edgar Meyer
Meyer with his double bass.
Background information
Birth name	Edgar Meyer
Born	November 24, 1960
Origin	Oak Ridge, Tennessee  United States
Genre(s)	Bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician Composer
Instrument(s)	Double Bass Piano Guitar Banjo Violin Mandolin Dobro
Associated acts	Joshua Bell Yo-Yo Ma Béla Fleck Sam Bush James Taylor Jerry Douglas Mike Marshall Mark O'Connor Alison Krauss Nickel Creek Mary Chapin Carpenter
Website	edgarmeyer.com

Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is a prominent contemporary bassist. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. Meyer has worked as a session musician in Nashville, part of various chamber groups, a composer, and an arranger.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Sony Classical 2.2 Deutsche Grammophon 2.3 MCA Master Series 2.4 Sugar Hill Records 2.5 Previously Released Material 3 External links

Meyer grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He learned to play the double bass from his father, the late Edgar Meyer, Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on to Indiana University to study with Stuart Sankey. [1]

Meyer is noted for achieving virtuosity on an instrument of unusual technical difficulty. His skill has allowed him to perform difficult music originally composed for other instruments, as in his recordings of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites. Meyer frequently records and performs with other outstanding artists, including: Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, James Taylor, Jerry Douglas, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss, the members of Nickel Creek, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Meyer has also composed a number of works that break the traditional mold of classical music, including two double bass concertos, a double concerto for bass and cello, and a violin concerto composed specifically for Hilary Hahn.

His collaborations have been nominated for, and awarded, several Grammys. In 2002, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.

On Meyer's self-titled 2006 Sony Classical release, he performs accompanied only by himself on a wide variety of instruments besides his usual piano and double bass, including guitar, banjo, viola de gamba, mandolin and dobro.

2006

• Edgar Meyer

2004

• Music For Two

2002

• Meyer, Bottesini: Concertos
• Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

2001

• The American Seasons
• Perpetual Motion (2 Grammys)

2000

• Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites Performed on Double Bass
• Appalachian Journey Live in Concert (VHS and DVD)
• Appalachian Journey (Grammy)

1999

• Listen to the Storyteller
• Short Trip Home (Grammy nominated)
• At the Octoroon Balls

1997

• Uncommon Ritual

1996

• Appalachia Waltz
• Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata

• Meyer: Quintet; Rorem: String Quartet

• Unfolding
• Dreams of Flight
• Love of a Lifetime
• Work In Progress
• The Telluride Sessions

• Skip, Hop, and Wobble

• Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
• Classic Yo-Yo
• Classical Hits
• Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

• Meyer Homepage