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Ivo Perelman: Brass And Ivory Tales
by Mark Corroto
Archeologists and cultural anthropologists theorize early humans had some form of music appreciation. They listened to the sounds wind made as it passed through trees. The breeze sounded different passing through oak than it did fir trees, and the sound was altered whether it was spring or fall. Then there were the bird songs, the first Lennon & McCartneys of the stone age. Early man replicated these melodies, with bones that could be whittled into horns or used to recreate ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman: Special Edition Box: Procedural Language
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp have a long-standing creative partnership. It has resulted in a large and luminous discography. The latest addition to it is the splendid Special Edition Box, a release limited to 360 numbered units. The box contains a CD, a Blu-ray disc and a book, all rganized in a handsomely designed case. The audio component is a studio recording called Procedural Language. It is an introspective set of a dozen untitled duets with ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman Trio: Garden Of Jewels
by Jerome Wilson
Garden of Jewels is an apt title for this CD. It contains music that is luminous and multifaceted like a jewel, sparkling from many different angles. The musicians here, saxophonist Ivo Perelman, pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Whit Dickey all developed individual sounds out of the musical freedom principles pioneered in the Sixties, and have played with each other before on several occasions. Perelman and Shipp have teamed up for many recordings and Dickey has worked with both men, together ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman: Special Edition Box: Procedural Language
by Mark Corroto
Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp: how many duo recordings have their been? Five? A dozen? More like sixteen, and that's not taking into account the double, triple, quadruple releases, nor Perelman/Shipp's recordings in trio, quartet, and quintet formats. The numbers boggle the mind, and truth be told, flatten the wallet. While you may ask why so many releases, maybe it's better to contemplate what if Eric Dolphy or Albert Ayler had been able to document this amount of music? How ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Special Edition: Procedural Language
by Karl Ackermann
The art of the duo has been all but perfected in the virtuosic recordings of saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp. The two composer-improvisers have recorded a dozen duo albums and more than twenty other collections in larger formations. Special Edition Box is art on several levels with audio, a Blue-Ray DVD, and a book, Embrace of Souls by Belgian vocal artist Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg. The bundle is all tied beautifully together in a boxed set featuring Perelman's striking ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman: The Purity of Desire
by John Sharpe
Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman prolifically documents his work, his discography growing almost by the week. But he finds new things to say and new ways of saying them, even with his most regular collaborators. Witness the stream of superlative recordings he has made with pianist Matthew Shipp. But, at the same time, the New York-based Brazilian also seeks out new situations; he unveils an intriguing setting for his songlike fragments and searing wails with the oud of Gordon Grdina and ...
Continue ReadingSix Great Albums and a Single
by Bob Osborne
On this show I am focusing on six great albums and one single from across the wide World of Jazz featuring both European and American artists. Featured artists are Benny Rubin, Jr. , Igor WIllcox Quartet , Ivo Perelman, Kakafoni, Masa Kamaguchi Russ Lossing Samuel Blaser & Gerry Hemingway, and, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke. Playlist Kakafoni “Dessa" from Vargtimmen (Imogena/Border) 00:00 Igor Willcox Quartet “Brotherhood" from Live at The Jazz Room (Canada) (Room 73 Records) 07:13 Samuel Blaser, Russ ...
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