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Ivo Perelman - Joe Morris - Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Read "Family Ties" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

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 ...

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Ivo Perelman with Sirius String Quartet: The Passion According to G.H.

Read "The Passion According to G.H." reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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," ...

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Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Read "Family Ties" reviewed by Troy Collins

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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Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Read "Family Ties" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Her boyfriend might have left Janis Joplin with nothing, as she asserts in her classic version of Kris Kristofferson's “Me and Bobby McGee," but Ivo Perelman refutes Joplin's claim that “freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose" on Family Ties.The Brazilian saxophonist has returned to recording with a deluge of releases, this outpouring being inspired by his latest quartet, three-quarters of which are represented here. Missing is pianist Matthew Shipp, who is heard on the The ...

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Ivo Perelman Quartet: The Hour of the Star

Read "The Hour of the Star" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Liberamente ispirato da “A Hora da estrela" ultimo libro scritto da Clarice Lispector, giornalista e novellista brasiliano di famiglia ebraica e che narra la vita di una povera donna dello stato di Alagoas proiettata improvvisamente nella solitudine della metropoli (Rio de Janeiro), The Hour of the Star è il titolo del nuovo lavoro discografico del cinquantenne sassofonista e polistrumentista brasiliano Ivo Perelman, da molti anni ormai trapiantato in America del Nord, prima in California e poi a New York. Leo ...

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Ivo Perelman - Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark

Read "The Apple in the Dark" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Venti anni di carriera e non li dimostra: è così che potremmo intitolare un articolo sul sassofonista brasiliano Ivo Perelman, che ha deciso di pubblicare una serie di lavori in occasione dell'importante anniversario. Ha sempre avuto, fin dall'inizio, il pallino del free, prima facendosi accompagnare da musicisti locali, poi, dopo l'arrivo a New York, sono iniziate collaborazioni con nomi importanti dell'avanguardia. Allora, su una collana in cui la Leo Records dava spazio agli esordienti, arrivò in trio con William Parker ...

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Ivo Perelman - Brian Willson: The Stream of Life

Read "The Stream of Life" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il secondo disco che Ivo Perelman ha pubbicato con la Leo Records per celebrare il ventennio di carriera è un altro duo con un batterista, dopo The Apple in the Dark con Gerry Hemingway. Su The Stream of Life è Brian Willson a sedere dietro i tamburi. Si tratta di un'altra storia, sia perché qui Perelman si limita a suonare solo il sax tenore, sia perchè Willson è un batterista molto diverso rispetto a Hemingway. Tutto un'altro stile, tutt'altro modo ...

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