Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer - 54m 18s

Tracks & Durations

1. First Things First	3:37
2. Roundabout	6:16
3. Interlude 1	0:58
4. Please Don't Feed the Bear	4:06
5. Whatever	8:52
6. In Hindsight	6:06
7. Interlude 2	0:46
8. The Low Road	2:27
9. Just As I Thought	4:29
10. Catch and Release	6:54
11. Interlude 3	0:58
12. Woody Creek	4:09
13. Degree of Separation	3:36
14. Interlude 4	0:55

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Review

There is no doubt about Edgar Meyer's musicianship, creativity or talent. This CD features 14 new works, all by Meyer and all played by him (through the magic of multi-track recording and overdubbing). In addition to his usual double-bass, Meyer plays piano, mandolin, dobro, guitar, and gamba (sometimes bowed, sometimes plucked, at points overdubbed nine times), all in various combinations. Each piece, it seems, is in a different style or genre. The first, a duet for piano and bass, is a long pop ballad without words. Another is (almost) pure bluegrass. There are some artsy pieces that experiment with sounds a la new-age music. The result is never boring but, at the same time, it gives the CD a feel of being neither fish nor fowl. As a means of showing off Meyer's considerable abilities it is splendid, but after the listener finishes oohing-and-aahing over the cleverness, it all seems like hors d'oeuvres with no main course. Different people will absolutely love different parts of this CD; as a unified listening experience, it's somewhat of a puzzle. --Robert LevineThree-time Grammy-Award winner Edgar Meyer has won unprecedented acclaim for the music he has written as well as accolades for an inexhaustible variety of recordings and live performances with everyone from Yo Yo Ma to Garth Brooks, James Taylor, The Chieftains and Bela Fleck. His latest recording features what is perhaps his most demanding collaboration yet - with himself.

Aptly titled Edgar Meyer, the recording presents the double bass virtuoso and composer performing 14 all-new instrumental pieces he has created for himself to perform, on an array of instruments, through the magic of multi-track recording, recorded in the music room he built in his Nashville home. The result is an album that weaves threads of several different genres of music including classical, folk, new-age and bluegrass.

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