BOB MEYER
Drummer, Teacher
49 Furnace Brook Drive
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
Phone (914) 734-9290
Fax (914) 737-1929
e-mail: bob@bobmeyermusic.com
EXPERIENCE
Playing on Joe Lovano’s Blue Note release and group, Viva Caruso. Also, his Symbiosis, Sinatra and More, trios and quartets. Playing in Jackalope, a trio with John Abercrombie and Loren Stillman. Recorded on our CD Saltier Than Ever on Challenge Records.
Among other people I have played or am playing with are; Joe Lovano, Ed Schuller, Ken Werner, Judy Silvano, Perry Robinson, Glenn Moore, Cameron Brown, Andy Statman, Shelila Jordan, Ray Nance, Art Davis, Jaki Byard, Paul McCanless, Julian Priester, Gary Peacock, Peggy Stern, Bert Wilson, Diane Schurr, Stanley Cowell, Mal Waldron, Daved Friesen, Jim Pepper, Red Rodney, Itzhak Perlman, Arnie Lawrence, James Moody, Kirk Leitsey, Avishi Cohen, Wayne Horvitz, John Abercrombie, Drew Gress, Mike Bisio, Don Friedman, James Emery, Tony Malaby, Essiet Essiet, Santi Debriano, Vic Juris, Harvey Wainapel, Peter Barshay and Mel Martin among many others.
Now performing with my own group, Mount Airy (playing Jewish liturgical music in a modern improvisational style).
I have recently (2006) joined a new cooperative group, The New Quartet, with John Abercrombie on guitar, Adam Kolker on reeds and Johannes Weidenmuller on bass. We are presently playing in the NYC area, touring the US and abroad and preparing to record our 1st CD.
The newest project [2007] is a quartet with the wonderful Perry Robinson & [from Israel] Harold Rubin on clarinets. Ed Schuller and I complete the group on bass and drums. We are now booking gigs and planning to record very soon.
TEACHING
Thirty five years teaching experience in New York and the West Coast.
Taught all levels of Students, beginning to professional
Utilized in-depth and legitimate approach in teaching technique and mechanics
Specialized in musical application and interpretation on the drum set
Further Specialization in jazz
Many former students active professionally in jazz, rock, and funk
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
The International Center for Creative Music, founded by Arnie Lawrence,
Jerusalem, Israel, 1998-99
Played all over Israel and Palestinian Territories, with wonderful Israeli and Palestinian musicians, young and old
Played with visiting artists from Europe and the United States
Conducted master classes and taught privately
RECORDINGS
Viva Caruso, Joe Lovano, Blue Note records
Vocalese, Judi Silvano, featuring Joe Lovano, Blue Note recording
Chasin the Goal, Bill Sears, Rick Margitza
Cosmos,The Loren Stillman Project, (producer), Soul Note Records
Kaliedescopic Visions, Bert Wilson
The Next Rebirth, Bert Wilson
Rebirth at the Zoo, Bert Wilson
Further Adventures in Jazz, Bert Wilson
Outrageousness, Volumes one and two, Bert Wilson
Endless Fingers, Bert Wilson, Arabesque Records
Got a Song That I Sing, Greta Matassa,
Meshugge For You, Mazeltones
Avi Adrian, Avishi Cohen & Bob Meyer, (soon to be released)
TRAINING
Jack DeJohnette, Frankie Dunlop, Henry Adler, and Jim Chapin
Extensive private study (as an adult)
EDUCATION
George Washington University, Washington D.C.
BA, History; minors in Music and Geology, June 1968
INTERESTS
Hiking, XCSkiing,ecology,geology, history, and baseball
PERSONAL
Born in 1945. Early influences: classical music, especially chamber music
and quartets, from Mozart to Bartok.
First heard jazz in 1950 (Kenny Clarke, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
and Thelonious Monk.
Began study of music at age of five.
Currently living with son, Isaac, wife Jody and her son Evan near Croton on Hudson, New York.
SELECTED REVIEWS
Joe Lovano: Symbiosis; Sinatra and More
Symbiosis, with the “sprawling energy of drummer Bob Meyer… delivered
complete musical statements.”
--Boston Globe
Drummer Bob Meyer is “accurate and inventive.”
--Los Angeles Daily Variety
“The Music benefited from the crisp drumming of Bob Meyer.”
--Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Rhythmically charged… with drummer Bob Meyer.”
--Lloyd Sachs, Entertainment Critic
Wayne Horvitz Trio, “How could he go wrong with a rhythm section of Michael
Bisio on Bass and Bob Meyer on Drums?…I was awed by the complexities of
rhythm made simple by this master of the trap set. His left hand snare
technique is incredible, adding to his uncanny ability to increase
intensity while maintaining a low volume level.”
--Earshot Jazz (Seattle)
Mal Waldron, “Meyer added color changes with his ride cymbal. During
Moore’s bass solo Meyer displayed exceptionally skillful playing, using his
snare in clairvoyant unity with Waldron’s left-hand comping”
--Earshot Jazz (Seattle)
Bert Wilson/Rebirth, “Drummer Bob Meyer has to be singled out for his
excellent work.”
--Cadence