Valery Ponomarev
Valery Ponomarev, Russian: Вале́рий Миха́йлович Пономарёв, Valery Mikhaylovich Ponomaryov, (born 1943) is a Russian born jazz trumpeter.[1] He has lived in the United States since 1973.
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[edit] Career
Ponomarev became interested in jazz after hearing it on Voice of America and felt a particular affinity for Clifford Brown. He dedicated countless hours to transcribing, studying and memorizing legendary jazz trumpet solos. In time he decided to flee the then Soviet Union and ended up joining Art Blakey's "The Jazz Messengers." After leaving he formed his own band "Universal Language."
On September 9, 2006, his arm was broken in an altercation with security at Charles De Gaulle International Airport.[2] The altercation involved his intention of carrying his trumpet with him onto the plane.
Ponomarev tours with his big band playing some originals and some music from the Jazz Messengers repertoire. He teaches privately, and released his autobiographical book "On The Flip Side of Sound" in 2009. He teaches as part of the Wachovia Jazz for Teens program in Newark, New Jersey.
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[edit] Appears On
- In This Korner - Art Blakey - Art Blakey LP, Concord Jazz, 1978[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Валерий Пономарёв" (in Russian). Jazz.Ru. http://www.jazz.ru/pages/ponomarev/. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Carvajal,Doreen. "A Trumpet, a Struggle, and a Musician’s Broken Arm", The New York Times, October 10, 2006.
- ^ Concord Jazz LP CJ-68, 1978
