Adi Meyerson

Adi Meyerson is an American-Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and educator.

She was born in San Francisco, California, but grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. Meyerson started playing the double bass after graduating from high school and moved to New York City in 2012. She graduated from The New School in 2014 and earned a Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music in 2020.

Meyerson released her first album, Where We Stand and her sophomore album, I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life, in 2018 and 2021 respectively. She released her third album, Punctiform, in 2025. She is the leader of Dark Matter, an acoustic quartet. She is an educator and teaches at the Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and Jazz House Kids.

Meyerson has been praised by critics for her compositional skills and her stylistic versatility. She has synesthesia, a perceptual condition, which she incorporates into her compositions.

Early life and education Adi Meyerson was born in San Francisco, California. At the age of two, Meyerson and her family moved to Jerusalem. She started playing the electric bass guitar in high school at 14.

In August 2012, Meyerson immigrated to New York City to attend The New School. She was instructed by Ron Carter, Reggie Workman, Bob Cranshaw, Miguel Zenón, Jim McNeely, and Dave Liebman, among others. Meyerson graduated from The New School in 2014 and received a Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music.

Meyerson started writing her sophomore album in February 2020 and had applied for New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grant in October 2019 to finance the album. The quartet formed in 2022 and has performed throughout the United States. In 2024, the quartet was a recipient of Chamber Music America's Performance Plus Grant. The quartet recorded their first album in 2024, which is set to release in 2025.

Style and influences All About Jazz reviewer Jerome Wilson wrote that on Meyerson's debut album, "Most of the tracks have the feel of a hard-blowing '60s jazz combo", and that Meyerson "can compose strong, memorable tunes both in the mainstream jazz style and in more open, progressive formats." Tony Benjamin of Jazzwise noted that Meyerson's second album has "an upbeat and affirmative tone to her music, both in style and content."

In 2017, she attended an art exhibition by Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese visual artist. Kusama's work inspired her second album, I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life. Meyerson says that the colors of Kusama's paintings were similar to the ones she experiences due to her synesthesia. Meyerson said, "I started using the pitch material, matching the colors to the notes." to compose the album.

During high school, Meyerson played rock and fusion on the bass guitar. I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life - (Self release, 2021) Punctiform - (Self release, 2025) Little Kruta - Justice - (Chesky Records, 2019) - Recorded June 19, 2019 Little Kruta - Hero - Orchestral - (Atlantic Records, 2021)

As guest

With Pressure Fit

Pressure Fit - Sticky - (2020, Youngbloods) Reginald Chapman & Pressure Fit - East Williamsburg Sessions - (2022, Fresh Selects)

With Works For Me

Works For Me - Reach Within - (Posi-Tone, 2020) Works For Me - Send One Your Love - (2020, Posi-Tone) from Tales Of Wonder - A Jazz Celebration Of Stevie - Recorded June 6, 2019

With others Shannon Söderlund - The Magic - (2016, Independent) Champian Fulton - Speechless - (Posi-Tone, 2017) Stro Elliot - You Go To My Head - (Fresh Selects, 2020) from Prototype Remixes Fielded - Demisexual Lovelace - (2020, BackwoodsStudioz) New Faces - New Sounds - (Posi-Tone, 2021) Jeff Krol - Live at Scholes Street - (Independent, 2022) Vivienne Aerts - Typuhthâng - (2023, Independent) Willie Morris - Conversation Starter - (Posi-Tone, 2023) Posi-Tone - Shorter Moments - Citizen Wayne - (2023, Posi-Tone) Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - (Fat Possum Records, 2023) Midnight Sons - Money Has No Owners - (Chong Wizard Records, 2024)