Jazz Articles about Herve Perez

About Herve Perez

Album Review

Not One Not Two: Openings And Samādhis

Read "Openings And Samādhis" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 25, 2025

Have you ever considered free improvisation musicians as part of a sangha? The Sanskrit word sangha means community, and in Buddhist practice, it refers to the collective of seekers who support one another along the path toward awakening. For Geoff Bright and Herve Perez--the duo known as Not One Not Two--the concept goes beyond metaphor. Their collaboration embodies the spirit of taking refuge in the sangha: mutual support, shared awareness and the application of compassion and wisdom to creative challenges. ...

Album Review

Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis: Practical Dreamers

Read "Practical Dreamers" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
October 11, 2024

Practical Dreamers is the fifth collaboration between Discus label boss multi-instrumentalist Martin Archer and veteran saxophonist Ron Caines, and like the others, situates the latter's largely introspective reeds within varied electro-acoustic soundscapes. Caines was a founding member of progressive British rock band East Of Eden back in 1967, but after leaving to pursue jazzier endeavors, he performed with the likes of Evan Parker, Steve Lacy and Keith Tippett. While the pair's previous release, the excellent Blutopia (Discus, ...

Album Review

Gus Garside & Hervé Perez: The Unexpected Visitor

Read "The Unexpected Visitor" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
April 7, 2021

The Unexpected Visitor represents the first meeting of double bassist Gus Garside and saxophonist Hervé Perez as an acoustic duo, the two having previously worked together in the Ron Gaines / Martin Archer Axis group, recording the albums Les Oiseaux De Matisse (Discus, 2018) and Dream Feathers (Discus, 2020) on which the versatile Perez supplied shakuhachi, live sound processing, field recording and electronics rather than saxophone. The duo album comprises ten tracks ranging in length from ...