Jazz Articles about Ivo Perelman

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Ivo Perelman: The Eye Listens

by Derek Taylor
March 1, 2001

Saxophonist and sometime cellist Ivo Perelman was one of the most promising players of free jazz in the early 1990s. A prolific series of recordings disseminated on a clutch of labels including Homestead, Leo, CIMP, Music & Arts and others pointed firmly to his rising primacy in the music. Strangely, just as his star was reaching an early zenith he dropped off the view screen and out of the public sphere. Several years of lamentable silence ensued. Thankfully this disc ...

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Ivo Perelman/Jay Rosen: The Hammer

by Mark Corroto
January 1, 2001

In examining the lineage of saxophonist/drum energy-jazz duos, consider John Coltrane/Rashied Ali’s Interstellar Space (1967), followed by Frank Lowe/Rashied Ali Duo Exchange (1972), Andrew Cyrille Meets Peter Brotzmann in Berlin (1982), Brotzmann’s duos with Hamid Drake called Dried Rat Dog (1994) and David Murray’s exchanges with Milford Graves, The Read Deal (1994). All these musicians stripped away the trappings of accompaniment, rhythm instruments, and formal structures to reveal pure sound.

To that list add Ivo Perelman and Jay Rosen. The ...

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Ivo Perelman: The Eye Listens

by Jim Santella
January 1, 2001

Impressionism carries Ivo Perelman along roads near and far. Most avenues on The Eye Listens carry his free, improvising trio through intense spasms of outward emotion. Consider our natural world. From the quiet sovereignty of a pink, summer rose to the horrifying power of a wintry tornado; Mother Nature has made room for it all. The eye accepts this because it’s there. Perelman steers his tenor saxophone through the eye of the hurricane again and again. The mood changes from ...

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Ivo Perelman: The Hammer

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

On The Hammer, hard blowing tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman performs a series of heated, or shall we say - explosive - duets with modern jazz drummer Jay Rosen. Again, Perelman exhibits his passion for fierce and unaffected improvisation, performed with unparalleled guile and tenacity. At times, it is hard tell what instrument Perelman is actually playing as he boisterously integrates his husky, gruff tone with a no nonsense approach while also twisting, bending and crunching his notes into submission with ...

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The Ivo Perelman Quartet: Sieiro

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1999

Ivo Perelman once again displays his striking ability to make a tenor saxophone sound like a string instrument. There are moments on this disc when a single note issues from the upper register and for a moment it's not clear: is it Perelman? Or Tomas Ulrich's cello? Or even the astounding Dominic Duval on bass?

But more often it's perfectly clear, because Perelman is at full throttle, with all the tremendous power and emotional impact of his tenor. What's most ...

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The Ivo Perelman Quartet: Sieiro

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

Listening to tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is sort of like watching a heavyweight boxing match. Perelman exudes power and bravado from his horn with all the charisma of a heavyweight champ. From the opening moments of “Sieiro” we hear Perelman blowing furiously, especially in the upper registers of his instrument. On his latest, Sieiro Perelman receives fine support from the venerable New York based modern-free jazz rhythm section of drummer Jay Rosen and bassist Dominic Duval. Along with the excellent ...

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Ivo Perelman: Brazilian Watercolour

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 1999

Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman cannot be accused of being lethargic or laid back. His energy level may rival that of American saxophonist David S. Ware; however, Perelman’s uniqueness lies within his South American roots and later day Trane or Albert Ayler modernistic approach. On “Brazilian Watercolour”, Perelman utilizes ex-Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali and long time David S. Ware associate, pianist (and solo artist) Matthew Shipp along with gifted percussionist’s Cyro Baptiste and Guilherme Franco.

The title track “Brazilian Watercolour” is ...