Jazz Articles about Ivo Perelman

About Ivo Perelman

Multiple Reviews

Rejoice - Three New Ivo Perelman Discs

by Mark Corroto
April 28, 2014

Just think what could have been if artists like Jimmy Lyons or Albert Ayler were recording today. We might have had the ability to witness their development and observe how creative music gets nudged in new and different directions. That's exactly the gift we're given with the proliferation of recent Ivo Perelman recordings. The São Paulo-born, resident of Brooklyn whose initial influences were Stan Getz and Paul Desmond has (along with Matthew Shipp) extended the avant-garde innovations of the 1960s ...

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Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey/Gerald Cleaver: Enigma

by Mark Corroto
December 10, 2013

With a half a dozen releases in both 2012 and 2013, one might fear that tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman may begin to repeat himself. To put it succinctly--not a chance. Enigma features players very familiar to the saxophonist, yet in a completely new lineup. Invited here is pianist Matthew Shipp, Perelman's alter ego and two drummers, Whit Dickey and Gerald Cleaver. Both drummers have wielded sticks for Perelman and Shipp. Dickey is heard on the quartet session The ...

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Perelman - Shipp - Dickey - Cleaver: Enigma

Read "Enigma" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 13, 2013

Even though Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a renowned powerhouse amid his gusty and highly energized mode of attack, he's an expert when it comes to reconfiguring melodic content and refreshing previously stated themes on-the-fly. Nonetheless, the principal basis for his craft is ingrained within the art of improvisation as he usually works within small ensembles. Enigma finds the artist performing with longtime collaborators, pianist Matthew Shipp and drummers Whit Dickey and Gerald Cleaver. It has become discernible over ...

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Ivo Perelman: One

by Glenn Astarita
September 30, 2013

Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman's inaugural recording for this progressive UK-based record label includes frequent companion, bassist Joe Morris and Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi (Merzbow, ZU). As for Pandi, he's contributed to several albums for this label and brings a hardcore progressive metal and avant-rock realm of experience to the forefront. Otherwise, the trio launches a largely hyper-mode onslaught via potent rhythmic invectives amid the leader's ravaging flurries and climatic sorties into the upper-register. Perelman is a cunning artisan. ...

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Ivo Perelman: Serendipity

Read "Serendipity" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 29, 2013

Brazilian tenor sax titan Ivo Perelman's 22nd album for Leo Records crosses paths formerly traversed. Set out to be a trio date with pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Gerald Cleaver, Perelman called bassist William Parker because one of the artists was late for the studio session, although everyone showed up; hence, the quartet format. Perelman's mammoth sax manifestations prevail as one would anticipate. Featuring the lone extended piece “Serendipity," the quartet operates within a caravan of whirlwind improvisational ...

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Ivo Perelman - Joe Morris - Gerald Cleaver: Living Jelly

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 11, 2013

Con Living Jelly Ivo Perelman aggiunge un ulteriore tassello al mosaico della sua personale reinterpretazione del free storico, affiancato dal batterista Gerald Cleaver e dal chitarrista Joe Morris. In scaletta cinque lunghi brani costruiti sulla centralità della sua voce solista. Il primo, il raffinato “In Pursuit of Pleasure," è il più classico dell'intera incisione come struttura armonica e forma, anche se il processo decostruttivo e ricostruttivo portato avanti dal leader del gruppo fa presto perdere le tracce del suo originale ...

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Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver: Serendipity

Read "Serendipity" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 6, 2013

Currently in the midst of an unprecedented mid-career renaissance, wildly prolific tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman has been recording for Leo Records at a frantic pace, typically issuing several new albums at a time. Released concurrently with The Edge and The Art of the Duet, Volume One is Serendipity, a title that bears out its namesake. Taped in the winter of 2011 during what was originally intended to be the session for The Foreign Legion, a bass-less trio date with Perelman's ...