Valery Ponomarev
Valery Ponomarev , even Valery Ponomarev ( Russian Валерий Михайлович Пономарёв * 20th January 1943 in Moscow ) on off is Russia originating American jazz - trumpet and flugelhorn player of the hard bop . He made a name for himself in the United States as the first Russian jazz musician.
Live and act
Ponomarev studied music in Moscow. Fascinated by Clifford Brown , whose records he discovered on the black market, he switched from drums to trumpet. From 1964 to 1969 he played in jazz clubs and with traveling American soloists such as Gerry Mulligan , Charles Lloyd and Keith Jarrett . His hard bop was not well received in the Soviet jazz scene. He moved to the USA in 1973, where he first worked in clubs until Art Blakey signed him . From 1974 to 1980 he played for Jazz Messengers . With them he toured Europe, Japan and Brazil several times, performed at the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festival and was involved in the recording of several albums. In 1981 he formed his own quintet, Universal Language . In 1985 he released his first album under his own name, Means of Identification , in 1991 he recorded the album Profile with guest musicians such as Joe Henderson and Kenny Barron . In addition, Ponomarev worked on albums by Art Blakey, David White (1993), the formation Ugetsu (1998/99) and Roger Kellaway (1986) and worked with Kenny Washington , Lee Konitz , Joe Morello , Frank Foster , Joe Farrell , Pepper Adams and Paquito D'Rivera .
His main hard bop trumpeter influences are Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard . According to Leonard Feather, it is one of the most important contributions of the Soviet Union to American jazz.
Selection discography
- 1985: Means of Identification (Reservoir)
- 1985: Trip to Moscow (Reservoir) with Ralph Moore
- 1991: Profile (Reservoir)
- 1993: Live at Sweet Basil (Reservoir) with John Hicks
- 1997: A Star to You (Reservoir) with Bob Berg , Sid Simmons , Billy Hart
- 2001: The Messenger
- 2020: Our Father Who Art Blakey: The Centennial (Summit)
literature
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
- Bielefeld catalog jazz. 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Homepage
- Works by Valery Ponomarev in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of the jazz newspaper 2002
Remarks
- ↑ Russian Jazz Podcast , after that nobody in the Moscow jazz scene took him seriously and one was very surprised to hear that he was successful in the USA and even became a member of the Jazz Messengers.
- ^ Carlo Bohländer: Reclam's Jazz Guide . Reclam, Stuttgart 1991, p. 236 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ponomarev, Valery |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Пономарёв, Валерий Михайлович; Ponomarew, Valery |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , RSFSR , Soviet Union |