Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer Background information Born (1960-11-24) November 24, 1960 (age 54) Origin Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States Genres Classical Bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Jazz World music Occupation(s) Musician composer Instruments Double bass piano Guitar Banjo Violin Mandolin Dobro Labels Sony Deutsche Grammophon Sugar Hill Associated acts Nickel Creek, Strength in Numbers, Béla Fleck Website edgarmeyer.com Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. 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. His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them are Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Sam Bush, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the trio Nickel Creek. Meyer participates yearly in a bluegrass super group in Telluride, Colorado, at their annual Bluegrass Festival known as the House Band. The band also consists of Meyer's contemporaries Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, and Stuart Duncan.