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The Jazz Club of Sarasota will welcome Russian jazz trumpeter Valery Ponomarev in a performance with former Duke Ellington bassist John Lamb, saxophonist Valerie Gillespie, pianist Judi Glover and drummer Ian Goodman on Friday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Holley Hall at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, the club has announced. The Symphony Center is located at 709 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. Tickets are $25 for Jazz Club members, $30 for non-members and $10 for students. For information and tickets, call 366-1552. Ponomarev "is revered by fans and jazz crit- ics alike for his gritty yet clean neo-bop style that recalls the approach of his idol, Clifford Brown," a news release explains. "He is prob- ably best known for being Wynton Marsalis' predecessor in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, with whom he performed at major concert halls, clubs and festivals around the world," the release continues. As a solo artist, Ponomarev has completed tours of Australia, China and Europe. In 1990, he returned to his native Russia after a 17-year absence so he could participate in the First International Moscow Jazz Festival, the release adds. Since then, he has traveled regularly to Russia, accompanied by such American jazz greats as Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Bobbie Watson, James "Sid" Simmons, Bradford Leali, Vincent Lewis, Sean McGloin and Evelyn Blakey, the release notes. Bassist Lamb is best known for his stint with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his contributions to jazz and to music education in the Tampa Bay area, the release says. In JAZZ CLUB TO PRESENT RUSSIAN JAZZ TRUMPETER IN PROGRAM Valerie Gillespie/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader March 21, 2014 Page 122