Hermon Mehari has won the 2015 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Solo Trumpet Competition. Other finalists included Zubin Edalji, Max Goldschmid, Aidan Lombard, and Joshua Shpak. Judges included Bobby Shew, Clay Jenkins, and Ingrid Jensen. ITG has a number of pictures of the event worth checking out.
Mehari was a semifinalist in the 2014 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition less than a year ago. He also took the prize at the 2008 National Trumpet Competition. If you haven't heard his playing yet, you should.
Check out some of Mehari's work on SoundCloud
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