Jazz — Acclaimed trumpeter Hermon Mehari appears alongside Nelson Veras for an evening devoted to improvisation and emotion on the international jazz scene.
In recent years, Hermon Mehari has established himself as one of the leading voices of jazz trumpet on the international scene. Winner of the Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Competition (2015) and a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (2014), he now maintains an active career between Europe and the United States, both as a bandleader and as a sideman. Originally from Kansas City, he has built a strong reputation among top-tier musicians, performing alongside artists including Jaleel Shaw, Bobby Watson, Seamus Blake, Randy Brecker, Hubert Laws, David Linx, Tony Tixier, Sélène Saint-Aimé, and Blitz the Ambassador. A founding member of the group Diverse, he contributed to a widely noted debut album that reached the Top 40 of the Jazzweek Radio Chart. Based in France, Hermon Mehari has received strong recognition from the profession there: Jazz Magazine named him Foreign Artist of the Year (2022), Group of the Year with No(w) Beauty (2023), and Trumpeter of the Year (2024). His discography as a bandleader reflects a distinctive, open, and deeply personal musical world. With Asmara (Komos), he explores his Eritrean roots through a repertoire inspired by Eritrea’s harmonies, rhythms, and melodies, in music full of presence, between intimate memory and sonic exploration, surrounded by Peter Schlamb, Luca Fattorini, and Gautier Garrigue, with the participation of the great Eritrean voice Faytinga. In 2020, he continued this path with A Change For the Dreamlike (MiRR), a more introspective album written and recorded during lockdown in the French countryside, with Tony Tixier, Ryan J. Lee, Kae Dilla, DeAndre Manning, Hugo LX, and several other longtime collaborators. First brought to wider attention in 2017 with Bleu, an acclaimed debut album featuring Aaron Parks and Logan Richardson among others, Hermon Mehari has since developed demanding, vibrant music at the crossroads of contemporary jazz, Afro-diasporic heritage, and great formal freedom. Line-up: Hermon Mehrari: trumpet; Nelson Veras: guitar; Yoni Zelnik: double bass; Jesus Vega: drums The 38Riv Jazz Club is an intimate venue in the heart of the Marais (38 rue de Rivoli, Paris 4e), dedicated to jazz and improvised music.
Price: Online price: €21 to €24 On-site price: €24 to €27
Source: paris.fr — photo: DR