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Ivo Perelman - Matthew Shipp - Gerald Cleaver: The Foreign Legion
by AAJ Italy Staff
All'origine vi è l'ultimo quartetto regolare di Ivo Perelman - sassofonista, compositore, pittore e artista visuale brasiliano dalla discografia sconfinata e dalle collaborazioni eccellenti - composto da Joe Morris, Gerald Cleaver e Matthew Shipp. Da qui nasce l'idea di Perelman di esplorare la forma-trio cambiandone di volta in volta la combinazione degli elementi originari. In Family Ties a cedere il passo era il pianista Matthew Shipp, in questa seconda uscita del progetto l'assenza è quella del bassista Joe Morris. Proprio ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman - Matthew Shipp - Whit Dickey: The Clairvoyant
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da anni Ivo Perelman e Matthew Shipp incrociano le loro straordinarie personalità di improvvisatori: su disco lo hanno fatto all'inizio in modo sporadico, ma significativo, come nel caso di Bendito of Santa Cruz e di Brazilian Watercolors, in duo, e di Cama de Terra, in trio con William Parker, registrati nel 1996. Negli ultimi tempi la loro frequentazione si è infittita, e le registrazioni sono state abbondantemente documentate dall'etichetta Leo Records. Abbiamo visto così la pubblicazione dello splendido The Hour ...
Continue ReadingPerelman - Morris - Cleaver: Living Jelly
by Glenn Astarita
It may take some stamina to keep up with Brazilian avant-garde tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, as he often releases several albums in unison. Living Jelly, featuring guitarist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver, marks one of three concurrent albums produced for Leo Records. Offering ensemble and stylistic contrasts, Perelman garners the support of pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Whit Dickey on The Clairvoyant (Leo, 2012), and realigns with Shipp and bassist Michael Bisio on The Gift (Leo, 2012). Three outings ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman / Matthew Shipp / Gerald Cleaver: The Foreign Legion
by Troy Collins
Inspired by the intuitive chemistry of his stunning new quartet with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver, Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is in the midst of a prolific mid-career renaissance. After a successful tour supporting The Hour of the Star, the group's remarkable 2011 debut for Leo Records, Perelman decided to explore his relationship with each member of the unit in more intimate settings.The Foreign Legion is the second chapter in the series, ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman - Joe Morris - Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ivo Perelman è un sassofonista brasiliano che dal suo album di debutto nel 1989 ha inciso una serie infinita di dischi a proprio nome. Fin qui niente di strano se non fosse per il piccolo particolare che il nostro non è nome di fama planetaria e suona free jazz, spesso addentrandosi nei territori e nelle forme più estreme della libera improvvisazione, musica commercialmente assai poco appetibile. I critici più severi (e maligni) affermano che l'abbondante produzione è dovuta in gran ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman with Sirius String Quartet: The Passion According to G.H.
by Glenn Astarita
At times, it seems difficult to fathom that Brazilian saxophone titan Ivo Perelman's collaboration with the Sirius String Quartet is totally improvised. And while improvisation is a principle component of the saxophonist's extensive and variegated discography, an unusually high synergistic force amid the artists' underlying tenacity offers a template for success. As the album comprises intense, avant-garde dialogues subsided by temperate or investigative flows, the string quartet often mimics Perelman's commanding, tremolo-tinged dialogues and brutish flurries. “Part 4," ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties
by Troy Collins
Family Ties is São Paulo-born saxophonist Ivo Perelman's sixteenth release for Leo Records and the sixth named after one of Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector's intense psychological works of fiction. Each of the record's six pieces is similarly titled after a short story from the aforementioned collection, yet the album's designation offers a broader, more salient interpretation when considering the deep rapport shared between Perelman and his current sidemen.2011's The Hour of the Star (Leo Records) presented the debut ...
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