Valery Ponomarev has written over 30 compositions that have been recorded.
His compositions
Envoy, Dialogue, Take Care (from "Means of
Identification")
and many others are published in
combo format and are available
from
Second Floor Music, 130 West 28th Street, New York, NY 10001.
RECOREDED AT DIZZY'S: 8/14/14
Valery Ponomarev, trumpet, composer/arranger, musical director.
Victor Jones, drums. Ruslan Khain, bass. Mamiko Watanabe, piano. Todd Bashore (lead),
Chris Hemingway, alto saxes. Peter Brainin (lead), Steven Carrington, tenor saxes.
Anthony Nelson, baritone sax. Stafford Hunter (lead), Alvin Walker, David White,
Jack Jeffers, trombones. Rick Henly (lead), Eddie Allen, Josh Evans, Chris Rogers, trumpets.
BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
with Don Braden, Martin Zenker and Jerome Jennings, Reservoir Records 2006
THE MESSENGER
with Michael Karn, Sid Simmons, Martin Zenker and Jimmy Cobb, Reservoir Records 2001
A STAR for YOU
with Bob Berg, Sid Simmons, Ken Walker and Billy Hart, Reservoir Records 1997
LIVE at VARTAN JAZZ
with Francesco Bearsetti, Sid Simmons, Kenny Walker and Ben Riley, Vartan Jazz 1995
LIVE at SWEET BASIL
with John Hicks, Peter Washington, Don Braden and, Victor Jones, Reservoir Records 1993
PROFILE
with Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron, Essiet Essiet and Victor Jones, Reservoir Records 1991
TRIP to MOSCOW
Universal Language, Reservoir Records 1988
MEANS of IDENTIFICATION
with Ralph Moore, Hideki Takao, Dennis Irwin and Kenny Washington, Reservoir Records 1987