Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - Clockwise (2021)

Discipline and freedom. Classical and jazz. The head and the heart. These are the axes around which Evgeny Ponomarev’s music revolves.

— Allen Morrison
Contributing Writer, DownBeat and JazzTimes

Over the course of the past four years, Ponomarev’s Quartet released their critically acclaimed debut record, N.N Song, and performed at revered venues and festivals throughout Saint Petersburg and Moscow, (The Small Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, the New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theatre and Igor Butman Club to name a few).

Their eagerly-awaited follow-up album Clockwise speaks to the group’s stellar interplay and the leader’s nuanced, cohesive compositional prowess. Ponomarev is accompanied on this release by saxophonist Andrey Polovko, bassist Grigory Voskoboynik, drummer Peter Mikheev, with guitarist Pavel Ilushin, cornetist Peter Vostokov and trombone, and tuba player Anton Gimazetdinov featured on several of the album’s tracks.

Evgeny Ponomarev — piano (all except 4), fender Rhodes (4) Andrey Polovko — tenor saxophone (1-6), soprano saxophone (2) Grigory Voskoboynik — double bass
Peter Mikheev — drums (1-6), percussion (1,4)
Pavel Ilushin — guitar (4)
Peter Vostokov — cornet (2)
Anton Gimazetdinov — trombone, tuba (2)

Tracklist:
1.01 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - Clock (7:32)
1.02 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - What's Next? (7:03)
1.03 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - Imminence (6:06)
1.04 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - Hempfield (8:51)
1.05 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - Pros & Cons (5:29)
1.06 - Evgeny Ponomarev Quartet - The Last Rain (6:49)