Edgar Meyer

Edgar Meyer (Composer), Edgar Meyer (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Edgar Meyer
• Composer: Edgar Meyer
• Audio CD (April 25, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000EU1PMI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,507 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All Too Familiar Virtuosity, May 2, 2006

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M. Moss "GoodBoring" (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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Don't get me wrong. I worship Edgar Meyer as a musical deity. But much of this CD will sound familiar to long-time fans. Instead of Sam Bush playing mandolin...it's Edgar. Instead of Russ Barenburg playing guitar...it's Edgar. Bela Fleck on banjo.....nope, Edgar.
The bass playing is great, but predictable. You've heard it before. Edgar's piano is dominant on this album. It's better-than-fine; occasionally suprising and interesting.
But there are long dry spells between the really interesting, set-up-and-take-notice moments on this CD. Yes, it's virtuostic bass playing. And yes, isn't wonderful that he can play all those instruments competently. So, all in all, it's a somewhat self-indulgent album with mixed results. Fans of Edgar's should definitely have this disc in their collections, but I'd suggest hitting rewind on the really good parts!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, September 11, 2009

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Mike D "Mike D" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Edgar Meyer (MP3 Download)

The first time I listened to this album, it moved me to tears. It's very introspective at times. The thing that is most striking to me is the interplay between the sparse simple tracks, and the more chaotic ones. It mirrors life. There are moments when you are ravaged by storms, both inner and outer - that is there on the album. Then there are moments when you are touched, like when you notice a beautiful flower or a baby - that is there too. I think that the world largely isn't ready for Edgar Meyer, which has happened many times with radical inventive composers. But I think that we'll be performing these songs (those who can manage!) for decades or centuries to come. As for the complaint that he's "showing off" I would say that by labeling it as that type of thing, one misses the beauty. That would be like saying that a brilliantly colored animal was mother-nature "showing off" and refusing to enjoy it.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Critics! Argh!!!!!, February 17, 2009

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Scrapironjazzerino "'a fan"" (New Joisy) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Edgar Meyer (Audio CD)

Editorialists and critics-WHO NEEDS 'EM!
1. The jibe that this work is self-indulgent is just plain foolish. Wow-art as self-indulgent; who'd a thunk it?
2. I've always felt that a non-player who has no "prodigous talent" has absolutely nothing to say when it comes to criticizing/analyzing someone who does have any talent, let alone a "prodigous" amount.
3. Our insights can be of little value to a true artist or a genius of any ilk. How presumptuous human beings are.
Why do you think Dylan doesn't want to hear the drivel my "2 cents" would probably be? We aren't in the same ballpark kids. This is art, not science.
I suggest open-mindedness, gratitude, and delight as the proper responses to any good art, especially music.
Boy, if Chopin wasn't so darn emotional............and that darn Johnny Bach, what a snoot he was tempering all those scales! Did he really have to do ALL the possible variations????????????? Patrician show-off, HE!