| Means of Identification | ||||
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| Studio album by Valery Ponomarev | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | April 14, 1985 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:09 | |||
| Label | Reservoir RSR 101 | |||
| Producer | Mark Feldman | |||
| Valery Ponomarev chronology | ||||
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Means of Identification is an album by trumpeter Valery Ponomarev which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Reservoir label in 1987.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
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".
Track listing
All compositions by Valery Ponomarev except where noted.
- "Dialogue" – 5:56
- "Means of Identification" – 4:52
- "Mirage" – 3:56
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 7:41
- "Fifteenth Round" – 4:56
- "Envoy" – 5:46
- "Take Care" – 6:31
- "Take Care" – 6:15 Additional track on CD reissue
- "Russian Christmas Song" (Traditional) – 4:16 Additional track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Valery Ponomarev – trumpet
- Ralph Moore – tenor saxophone
- Hideki Takao – piano
- Dennis Irwin – bass
- Kenny Washington – drums
References
- Reservoir Music Catalog accessed January 8, 2019
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Valery Ponomarev: Means of Identification: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.