Means of Identification
Studio album by
Valery Ponomarev
Released1987
RecordedApril 14, 1985
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length50:09
LabelReservoir
RSR 101
ProducerMark Feldman
Valery Ponomarev chronology
Means of Identification
(1987)		 Trip to Moscow
(1991)

Means of Identification is an album by trumpeter Valery Ponomarev which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Reservoir label in 1987.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

In his review on AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "The Reservoir label debuted with this excellent effort from trumpeter Valery Ponomarev, who was making his first recording as a leader. Five years earlier he had ended a nearly four-year stay with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and although he never seems to receive the fame he deserved, Ponomarev since then has been one of the top Clifford Brown-inspired hard bop trumpeters around ... the music should please hard bop collectors".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Valery Ponomarev except where noted.

  1. "Dialogue" – 5:56
  2. "Means of Identification" – 4:52
  3. "Mirage" – 3:56
  4. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 7:41
  5. "Fifteenth Round" – 4:56
  6. "Envoy" – 5:46
  7. "Take Care" – 6:31
  8. "Take Care" [alternate take] – 6:15 Additional track on CD reissue
  9. "Russian Christmas Song" (Traditional) – 4:16 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Reservoir Music Catalog accessed January 8, 2019
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Valery Ponomarev: Means of Identification: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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