Jazz Articles about Ivo Perelman

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Ivo Perleman Quartet: Magic Dust

Read "Magic Dust" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 5, 2022

On all his recordings, the accomplished improviser and saxophonist Ivo Perelman is known for building seamless rapport with his side musicians, regardless of whether he has a long- standing relationship or is newly collaborating with them. The stimulating and often mellifluous Magic Dust superbly demonstrates this synergy and the individual innovative skills of the band members. The 101 minutes of music is divided into four captivating segments which flow into one another with fiery elegance. “Impromptu," for instance, ...

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Brass And Ivory Tales

by Hrayr Attarian
November 23, 2021

Innovative saxophonist Ivo Perelman celebrates his 60th birthday with the release of a magnum opus, Brass And Ivory Tales. Recorded over a period of seven years, this nine-volume box set is impressive in both its depth and breath as it matches Perelman with a different piano master per disc. The improvised duets are usually the first documented meeting between the two musicians and the instant and rapidly evolving synergy is fresh and thrilling. Both remarkable and expected is Perelman's ability ...

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Ivo Perelman: Brass And Ivory Tales

Read "Brass And Ivory Tales" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 16, 2021

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 ...

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Ivo Perelman: Special Edition Box: Procedural Language

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by Hrayr Attarian
August 6, 2021

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 ...

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Ivo Perelman Trio: Garden Of Jewels

Read "Garden Of Jewels" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
May 12, 2021

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 ...

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Ivo Perelman: Special Edition Box: Procedural Language

Read "Special Edition Box: Procedural Language" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 3, 2021

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 ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Special Edition: Procedural Language

Read "Special Edition: Procedural Language" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 19, 2021

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 ...