- Edgar Meyer
Infobox musical artist
Name = Edgar Meyer
Img_capt = Meyer with hisdouble bass .
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Edgar Meyer
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Born = Birth date and age|1960|11|24|mf=y
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Origin = Oak Ridge,Tennessee , U.S.
Instrument =Double Bass Piano Guitar Banjo Violin Mandolin Dobro
Genre = Classical
BluegrassProgressive bluegrass Jazz
Occupation =Musician Composer
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Label = SonyDeutsche Grammophon
Sugar Hill
Associated_acts =Nickel Creek ,Strength In Numbers
URL = [http://www.edgarmeyer.com/ edgarmeyer.com]
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Past_members =Edgar Meyer (born
November 24 ,1960 ) is a prominent contemporary bassist. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, andjazz . Meyer has worked as a session musician in Nashville, part of various chamber groups, acomposer , and anarranger . His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them areJoshua Bell ,Yo-Yo Ma ,Béla Fleck ,Sam Bush ,James Taylor ,Jerry Douglas , Mike Marshall,Mark O'Connor ,Alison Krauss ,Mary Chapin Carpenter , and the trioNickel Creek .Biography
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 withStuart Sankey . [http://oakridger.com/stories/050400/stt_0504000062.html]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 has also composed a number of works that break the traditional mold of classical music, including two
double bass concertos , a doubleconcerto for bass andcello , and aviolin concerto composed specifically forHilary Hahn .In 2000, he won the
Avery Fisher Prize , given once every few years to classical instrumentalists for outstanding achievement. In 2002, he was named aMacArthur Fellow . Meyer's collaboration withYo-Yo Ma andMark O'Connor on the widely acclaimed Sony Classical disc Appalachia Waltz reached the top of theUnited States pop charts for 16 weeks when it was released. Meyer collaborated again withYo-Yo Ma andMark O'Connor on Appalachian Journey, that earned aGrammy Award forBest Classical Crossover Album . [cite web|url=http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=15101&ttype=BIOGRAPHY&ttitle=Biography/ |title=Edgar Meyer Biography|publisher=Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.|accessdate=2008-08-11]On Meyer's self-titled 2006
Sony Classical release, he performs accompanied only by himself on a wide variety of instruments besides his usualpiano anddouble bass , includingguitar ,banjo ,viola da gamba ,mandolin anddobro . Meyer's son, George, is in the breakthrough bandThe Horror!!! Discography
ony Classical
2006
*Edgar Meyer2004
*Music For Two 2002
*Meyer, Bottesini: Concertos
*Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet2001
*The American Seasons
*Perpetual Motion (Two Grammys)2000
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*Appalachian Journey Live in Concert (VHS and DVD)
*Appalachian Journey (Grammy)1999
*Listen to the Storyteller
*Short Trip Home (Grammy nominated)
*At the Octoroon Balls1997
*Uncommon Ritual 1996
*Appalachia Waltz
*Schubert:Trout Quintet ; Arpeggione SonataDeutsche Grammophon
*Meyer: Quintet; Rorem: String Quartet
MCA Master Series
*Unfolding
*Dreams of Flight
*Love of a Lifetime
*Work In Progress
*The Telluride Sessions ugar Hill Records
*Skip, Hop, and Wobble
Previously Released Material
*Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
*Classic Yo-Yo
*Classical Hits
*Heartland: An Appalachian AnthologyReferences
External links
* [http://www.edgarmeyer.com/ Meyer Homepage]
* [http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=15101&ttype=SNAPSHOT&ttitle=Snapshot Edgar Meyer @ Boosey & Hawkes]
* [http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=173&c=2 Full Biography]
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