Valery Ponomarev ( born Valery Ponomarev ; born January 20, 1943 ) - a jazz trumpeter , lived, studied and worked in Moscow, in 1973 he emigrated to the United States , where he gained recognition.
| Valery Ponomarev | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Valery Mikhailovich Ponomarev |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| A country |  the USSR  USA |
| Professions | trumpeter composer |
| Years of activity | ser. 1960s - n. at. |
| Instruments | |
| Genres | jazz |
| Aliases | Paramon |
| Collectives | Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers , VPJBB, Universal Language |
| Labels | Reservoir music |
| www.valeryponomarev.com | |
He played in the famous ensemble Jazz Messengers , with which 11 albums were recorded [2] .
The first solo album - "Means of Identification" - was released in 1987 ; as of 2010, Valery Ponomarev has 8 solo albums, released mainly by the Reservoir Music label.
He is currently touring the world with his ensemble “Universal Language”, since 1990 he has been on tour in Moscow [3] .
In 2003 [4] he published the autobiography “On the Back of the Sound” (in the USA, the book was published in 2009 under the title On the Flip Side of Sound ).
Discography (as a leader)
- Means of Identification (Reservoir Records, 1987)
- Trip to Moscow (Reservoir Records, 1988)
- Profile (Reservoir Records, 1991)
- Live at Sweet Basil (Reservoir Records, 1993)
- Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz, 1995)
- A Star for You (Reservoir Records, 1997)
- The Messenger (Reservoir Records, 2001)
- Beyond the Obvious (Reservoir Records, 2006)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 129843261 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Interview with Valery Ponomarev
- ↑ Valery Ponomarev Big Band (jazz, trumpet, USA), November 17 | Jazz Club "Union of Composers"
- ↑ "On the Flip Side of Sound" (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 6, 2010. Archived February 9, 2010.
Links
- Official website
- Valery Ponomarev in the jazz Internet encyclopedia
- Valery Ponomarev on the website Jazz.ru
- Memoirs of Valery Ponomarev / Special Radio, July 2017