Edgar Meyer - Aspen's musical superhero

Building bridges with an upright bass ASPEN — About a month ago, I asked Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, director of the Aspen Art Museum, if she had seen anything amazing lately. She thought a moment before a curious look crossed her face, then she told me about a bassist who had performed, solo, for a few minutes between speakers at the Aspen Ideas Festival. I asked if she knew who the musician was. She didn’t, but I did. “Was it Edgar Meyer?” I asked. “That’s it,” she said. “It was transcendent.” More recently, I asked Zuckerman Jacobson to recall the experience of hearing Meyer, who had performed a movement from his own composition, “Amalgamations,” at the Ideas Festival. “I was reading the program, not really focused on the music,” she said. “The next thing I knew, I was completely transfixed. It pulled my attention in a... [read full story]