Jazz Articles about Ivo Perelman

About Ivo Perelman

Album Review

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

Read "Armageddon Flower" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 19, 2025

Imagine our earliest ancestors huddled deep inside a cave, safe from the howling wind and stalking predators outside. A fire flickers at the center, casting erratic shadows onto the jagged walls. Among the tribe, someone watches those shadows--not with fear, but with imagination. Perhaps they see, in the dancing silhouettes, the outlines of animals hunted earlier that day. This individual reaches out, dips a crude brush in pigment and begins to trace the forms on stone. In that moment, a ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Record Store Day Specials, And Ivo Perelman On Leo Records

by Bob Osborne
April 17, 2025

This show includes many new releases and lots of those are self produced demonstrating the healthy state of independent music production in the industry. There is some classic jazz meets rock from over 20 years ago plus three outstanding live albums from Resonance Records for Record Store Day 2025. In addition with the planned release of a massive collection of the work of Ivo Perelman on Leo Records I begin a month long exploration of his work.Playlist Show ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman São Paulo Creative 4: Supernova

Read "Supernova" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 25, 2025

On the imaginative Supernova intrepid saxophonist Ivo Perelman joins forces with three of his countrymen for a stimulating set of spontaneous music. The quartet calls itself the São Paulo Creative 4 and performs a seven-part suite that draws inspiration from celestial phenomena. The seamless flow of ideas from one reed player to the other and from one track to the next gives the album its thematic unity. The opening track, “White Dwarf," starts with a bluesy dirge that ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman and Nate Wooley: Polarity 3

Read "Polarity 3" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 31, 2025

The stimulating Polarity 3 is the third installment in a series of spontaneous duets between innovative saxophonist Ivo Perelman and equally creative trumpeter Nate Wooley. On these 10 tracks, the two improvisers use silent pauses to craft haunting atmospheres and contemplative melodies. The performances are akin to two complimentary yet independent introspective musings. Languid, wistful tones from both men start off the opener “One." The soft howls and undulating refrains are interspersed in the hypnotic quietude and thus ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman / Aruán Ortiz / Ramón López: Ephemeral Shapes

Read "Ephemeral Shapes" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 3, 2024

For over three decades innovative saxophonist Ivo Perelman has been a stalwart of the creative music scene. Each addition to his impressive, and uniformly superb, discography is a unique expression of spontaneity that bears his indelible stylistic mark. One of the reasons for Perelman's success is his uncanny ability to find like-minded collaborators. The introspective Ephemeral Shapes is no exception in all of the above. An eight-part improvised suite finds Perelman in the company of two equally ingenious musicians: the ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman, Gabby Fluke-Mogul: Duologues 2: Joy

Read "Duologues 2: Joy" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
November 1, 2024

Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is one of the most accomplished contemporary improvisers. The size of his output is only rivaled by the extent of his imagination. Violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul is an intrepid innovator who, in a mere handful of years, has established themselves as a force with which to reckon. Both artists thrive in duet settings so their spontaneous set Joy, the second volume in Perelman's Duologues series, is seamlessly cohesive and quite stimulating. This nine-part suite starts ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music

Read "Water Music" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
November 1, 2024

Un free piuttosto spinto apre questo CD inciso ormai due anni or sono (novembre 2022) da un quartetto coi controfiocchi, in grado di cacciarsi a capofitto nella tenaglia dell'improvvisazione senza rete con la quasi certezza di venirne fuori brillantemente. E' quanto gli otto brani su cui la sfida si sdipana ci confermano a chiare lettere, con l'iperpresenzialismo tante volte dimostrato da Ivo Perelman (nel singolo album ma anche con l'elefantiaca, scriteriata produzione di qualche anno fa) che sa farsi invece ...