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Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer set for Bailey Hall show / The Cornell Daily Sun

For the inaugural Cornell Concert Series performance of 2017, Grammy-winning bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer will take to the stage at Bailey Hall on February 3. Although both musicians helm their respective vessels in nominally different streams, together they have created something as fresh as their foundations are solid. Where McBride is something of a musical chameleon, rooted in the backyard of the blues yet stretching his branches over into every willing neighbor's property, Meyer has turned his classical wheelhouse into a kaleidoscope of interpretive possibilities. I had the opportunity to speak with both bassists - first to Mr. McBride on the phone, followed by Mr. Meyer via e-mail - as an overture to what promises to be an engaging night from this rare combination of instruments.

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