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Join Hermon Mehari, an award-winning jazz trumpeter based in Paris, France, and Kansas City-based vibraphonist and pianist Peter Schlamb for a special performance in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.
Tickets: $15
Student tickets: $5 (limited availability, available at the door with student ID)
Hermon Mehari’s sophomore album as a leader, “A Change For the Dreamlike,” takes on a more personal tone. Written and recorded in a barn in the French countryside during le confinement, it shows only hints at the aesthetic set by his debut album. The songs play like personal journal entries, versions and visions of wishes, fantasies, and memories. Together they create a kind of modern mixtape of dreams, in every sense of the word, in which the trumpet is a vulnerable presence. The project features a number of incredible musicians: Tony Tixier, Peter Schlamb, Ryan J. Lee, Kae Dilla, DeAndre Manning, Hugo LX, Karl McComas-Reichl, Jeff Hill, and Zach Morrow.
Mehari was also the winner of the 2008 National Trumpet Competition and placed 2nd in the International Trumpet Guild competition in Sydney, Australia. As a founding member of Diverse, whose eponymous debut album on Seattle-based Origin Records reached the Top 40 on the Jazzweek Radio Charts, he has performed professionally with noted saxophonists Jaleel Shaw, Logan Richardson, Bobby Watson, Ben Van Gelder, and Tivon Pennicott. He has also performed with Aaron Parks, Joe Sanders, Hubert Laws, Randy Brecker, Tony Tixier, Dave Pietro, Clay Jenkins, and many other great musicians.
Peter Schlamb is a vibraphonist and pianist based in Kansas City, MO. He recently released a second album ,“Electric Tinks,” and maintains a busy schedule performing locally, nationally, and internationally. Peter spent several years in New York, where he attended and graduated from New School University. During his time in New York, he recorded and performed with artists including Logan Richardson, David Binney, Mike Moreno, and Ben van Gelder. Peter currently leads the group Electric Tinks and is a member of Logan Richardson’s Blues People, as well as frequently performing with several other ensembles around the world.
