{"id":115064,"date":"2022-11-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=115064"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T17:09:48","slug":"hermon-mehari-asmara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/hermon-mehari-asmara\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermon Mehari remembers Eritrea in new album Asmara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Eritrean trumpeter Hermon Mehari blends jazz and local folklore on his third solo album Asmara<\/em>, a nostalgic tribute to the motherland, available November 18th.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Asmara<\/em> is undoubtedly the Eritrean-American trumpeter\u2019s most intimate album. Named after the capital city of Eritrea – a small country on the coast of the Red Sea, this opus allowed the jazzman to fully dive into the familiar sounds of his childhood. Born in the US, Mehari studied American jazz and gained momentum with the band Diverse. In 2017, his first solo project Bleu<\/a><\/em> was well-received and showcased his undeniable gift for the genre. He then took jazz to other dimensions with A Change for the Dreamlike<\/a><\/em>. Recorded in France during the 2020 quarantine, it nonetheless featured an international and contrasted line-up, with the likes of French pianist Tony Tixier and electro producer Hugo LX. These collaborations took Mehari\u2019s sound to downtempo and lo-fi hip-hop territory, and songs like \u201cA Conversation With My Uncle<\/a>\u201d opened a window to the musician\u2019s origins. And now, after Arc Fiction<\/a><\/em>, a joint album with Italian pianist Alessandro Lanzoni, Hermon Mehari delivers Asmara<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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