HERMON MEHARI
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Nu Jazz, Eclectic Fusion, African Fusion, 21st Century Modern • United States

A solo recording artist and in-demand sideman, the award-winning American-born and Paris-based jazz trumpeter is co-founder of the group Diverse. Hermon Mehari is an award-winning jazz trumpeter based in Paris, France. Before going solo, he was a founding member of the group Diverse as well as an in-demand sideman due to his musical diversity, as the range of artists he's toured and worked with attests: Jaleel Shaw, Logan Richardson, Hubert Laws, Randy Brecker, and many more. In addition to Diverse, when he is in the U.S.A. he works with Bobby Watson, Kansas City-based Latin rock band Making Movies, and John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons. He began playing trumpet in the seventh grade, and it stuck. During middle school he became intensely studious on the instrument, and took improvisation courses during summer vacation. While still in college in Kansas City, Mehari won the 2008 National Trumpet Competition and placed second in the read more...