David Meder

Dave Meder: Passage

by Mike Jurkovic
February 2, 2019

"Philosophically, what I'm after is the lofty goal of being able to play everything," says 28-year-old pianist David Meder of his ambitions and crowd-sourced debut, Passage. Like he says, that's pretty lofty, if not downright cocky. But what is jazz, let alone any artistic endeavor, if not an equal mix of both, and the chops to pull it off? Upon repeated listenings of Passage, Meder is well on his way. A semifinalist in the 2018 Thelonious Monk International ...