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Omer Ashano

Born: February 4, 1993

Ashano’s musical influences are as cosmopolitan as he is, having lived in several places including Amsterdam, New York City, Athens and various cities and villages in Israel. As a result of these experiences and engaging with different people throughout his travels in Europe, North America and the far East, Ashano was constantly influenced by a variety of cultural inspirations and local communities. This helped shape his eclectic musical identity, which holds traces of Israeli music, African-american music, Classical music as well as folklore music from Africa, Romania and India.

Born in 1993, Ashano started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking up the guitar at age 13. At the time, his guitar teachers were the influencers who exposed Omer to the styles of Blues, Rock n’ Roll and Jazz as well as the ideas and possibilities surrounding improvisation. It was from this exposure that Omer started experimenting with this new knowledge and adapting it for the violin.

Imma Express

Led by award-winning jazz violinist Omer Ashano, Imma Express' music is born out of the blend of guitar driven Central African Sebene music with the improvisational sensibilities of jazz musicians of different backgrounds to create compositions that push the envelope of several African music styles and modern jazz yet a performance which is energized and approachable by anyone. The sounds of Tel Aviv’s central bus station, encompassing the music of the city’s African diaspora and refugees community, inspire the core voice of Imma Express’ music. “Imma” and its various variations signify “mother” in numerous languages - a universal symbol of grounding, love, and connection to our roots, which Imma Express' music encapsulates.

New York City

By Dion Berardo

Label: Hot Club Records
Released: 2019

Alive In New York

By Omer Ashano

Label: Omer Ashano Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Go Find A Place of Peace 2. Stimulations 3. All The Things You Are 4. Pnima 5. Tenderly 6. Ani Toda

Take Five with Omer Ashano

by AAJ Staff
June 10, 2019

About Omer Ashano Israeli jazz violinist Omer Ashano started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking up the guitar at age 13. At the time, his guitar teachers were the influencers who exposed Omer to the styles of Blues, Rock n' Roll and Jazz as well as the ideas and possibilities surrounding improvisation. ...

Pnima

May 31, 2019

Album: Alive In New York
By Omer Ashano
Label: Omer Ashano Music
Released: 2019
Duration: 05:23