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He has performed to great acclaim in jazz festivals and concerts around the world and has recorded 26 CDs. His music, a unique form of free jazz, translates itself into the striking Abstract Expressionism of his painted imagery. Just as his music evolves out of his liberation from musical convention, his imagery dispenses with traditional artistic conventions and expresses the raw energy which creates each painting. The intense flows and abrupt breaks of sound which emerge from his saxophone are reborn as zigzagging lines of color, splashed on canvas.
Some of his paintings are full of agitated energy, while others are more lyrical, creating a visual moment of near silence. Instead of working from a preconceived artistic idea, Perelman lets the flowing, skittering, dancing paint lead him on. Each painting is like a performance, a set of actions in time which can happen in that particular way only once, embodying the sound of his music through the stroke of the paint brush. The notes become vibrant colors and the rhythm transcends into shape. He passionately unravels the most vivid emotions, whether playing the saxophone or approaching the canvas. There are no limits or restraints as his method of expression relies not on planning but solely on the flow of feelings. His desire for painting stems from the depths of his soul with the ardent yearnings.
Although largely known for his playing of the tenor saxophone, Perelman also plays piano, clarinet, cello and recorder and is a trained classical guitar player. Perelman made an immediate impression with his 1989 debut Ivo, and his subsequent work has continued to justify his critical status as one of the most important and distinctive tenor saxophone voices of recent years. His vigorous performing style has brought comparisons with John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, David Murray and, perhaps inevitably, Gato Barbieri.
An air of invigorating fun surrounds some of Perelman's music, especially when working with Latin-tinged material. Elsewhere, his enthusiasm seems at times to overwhelm his surroundings and it takes equally dominant musicians to contain him and, as a result, raise the standards of performances to sometimes breathtaking heights. Perelman has worked with players including, Paul Bley, Don Pullen, Joanne Brackeen, Geri Allen, Matthew Shipp, Eliane Elias, Rashied Ali, Billy Hart, Andrew Cyrille, Jay Rosen, Ramon Lopez, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira, Mino Cinelu, Flora Purim, Nana Vasconcelos, Reggie Workman, Dominic Duval, Paul Rodgers, John Patitucci, William Parker, Louis Sclavis and Elton Dean.
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Ivo Perelman / Damon Smith: Duologue 6: Core of Existence
by Hrayr Attarian
Innovative saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a consummate improviser whose spontaneity flourishes in the company of like-minded artists. His Duologues series is a set of duets, each with a stalwart of the creative music scene. Duologues 6: Core of Existence matches Perelman with intrepid bassist Damon Smith, who has a stellar resume in his own right. The 10 collaborative tracks that ensue from this meeting have an incandescent glow and a perfectly balanced ambiance. The album opens with “One" ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman: Synesthesia
by Mike Jurkovic
Like past gatherings of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker, and drummer Bobby Kapp, inscribed to memory on the highly touted Ineffable Joy (ESP, 2019) and Heptagon (Leo Records, 2017), Synesthesia erupts into consciousness with a punch and flurry. Feverish by design, “First Color Heard" stays true to its title and to the heart of each participant. Rambling, rumbling, reaching for the stars, Perelman exhorts his fellow travelers, and “First Color Heard" fills the airspace ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman, Elliott Sharp, Cyro Baptista, Steve Reich and more
by Lawrence Peryer
This episode of Rotations moves across a wide stretch of creative music. It includes the interlocking bronze tones of Balinese gamelan, the fierce freedom of Ivo Perelman's latest trio, Steve Reich's hypnotic percussion cycles and the ambient sorrow of Stars of the Lid.Playlist Gamelan Yowana Sari “aERIFoRm kITE" from Gamelan Yowana Sari (Cantaloupe Music) 00:00 punktò “sholo" from sholo--Single (antibody) 12:54 Ivo Perelman, Elliott Sharp & Cyro Baptista “Dionysus in the Amazon" from Triacontagon (Defkaz Records) 15:03 Web ...
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Ivo Perelman: Trifecta
by Vincenzo Roggero
Nella mastodontica discografia (quasi duecento album incisi, la maggior parte dei quali per l'etichetta londinese Leo Records) di Ivo Perelman, storico sassofonista di origine brasiliana, mancava un triplo CD dedicato all'arte del duo sax-chitarra. Ecco quindi Trifecta dialogo a rete libera con tre dei massimi chitarristi della scena contemporanea quali Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Joe Morris. Un confronto con lo strumento praticato fin da giovanissima età e poi abbandonato per la difficoltà nel trovare una voce personale, qualità che riconosce ...
Continue ReadingPerelman / Ribot / Sharp / Morris: Trifecta
by Mark Corroto
With a discography approaching 200 releases, it might be tempting to imagine saxophonist Ivo Perelman as a kind of jazz gunfighter, in the lineage of Charlie Parker or Coleman Hawkins, stepping into one cutting contest after another. But that image misses the mark. Perelman's recordings are rarely about competition. Instead, they are grounded in creation, collaboration and deep musical partnership. The closest he comes to that rough-and-tumble spirit is in his long-running exchanges with pianist Matthew Shipp, where the intensity ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman and Wadada Leo Smith: Duologues 5
by Hrayr Attarian
Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman thrives in the company of like-minded artists. The number of superb duo releases in his prolific body of work is proof of that. On the fifth volume of the Duologues series, he has found a uniquely synergistic match in the trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith. Smith, a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), much like Perelman, is an ingenious improviser. The pair crafts seven provocative pieces that together make ...
Continue ReadingRay Anderson / Ivo Perelman: 12 Stages of Spritual Alchemy
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a restlessly innovative artist who has released several superb duets. Versatile trombonist Ray Anderson feels equally at home in traditional blues settings, New Orleans-style early jazz, and free improvisation. Together, they make provocative music as demonstrated on the intriguing 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy. Rooted in ancient cultures worldwide, the concept of spiritual alchemy entered modern psychology and spiritual practices through the work of Carl Jung. Jung used seven stages of the occult science ...
Continue ReadingFree Jazz Tenor Sax Titan Ivo Perelman Joins Joe Morris & Balazs Pandi On Provocative Improv Outing "One"
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IVO PERELMAN - tenor sax JOE MORRIS - electric bass Balazs Pandi - drums AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE OCTOBER 1ST, 2013 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. One brings together the potent forces of Brazilian tenor saxophonist and prolific free jazz icon Ivo Perelman, veteran bassist-guitarist Joe Morris (a ubiquitous figure on the avant-garde jazz scene, making his recorded debut on electric bass guitar here) and Hungarian hardcore drummer ...
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Ivo Perelman - The Hour of the Star (Leo Records, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
South American saxophonist Perelman has been a fixture on the free jazz scene for decades now, recording albums in a variety of musical combinations for a variety of record labels. This is the best one of his I have heard, he is in rare form and the band is absolutely stellar: Matthew Shipp on piano, Joe Morris on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums. The quartet setting suits the music perfectly as it sits on the nexus of modern jazz ...
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Ivo Perelman Quartet - The Hour of the Star (2011)
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Something Else!
Sao Paulo-born tenor man Ivo Perelman assembles a whack jazz quartet that rivals in star power to the foursome David S. Ware recently assembled with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and Muhammad Ali. But Perelman's six improvised performances with Matthew Shipp (piano), Joe Morris (acoustic bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums) come off much better. With this being free jazz, it's often hard to pinpoint why, but perhaps Perelman found a more inspired combination that day. It certainly sounds that way on the ...
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Prolific Saxophonist/Composer Ivo Perelman Celebrates 20 Year Career with Eight New Releases
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Prolific Saxophonist/Composer Ivo Perelman Celebrates 20 Year Career With Eight New Releases “...an entire new school of jazz..., unique genius..."Gunther Schuller, composer, conductor, jazz historian “...a sound as passionately effusive as Ivo Perelman's is at once original, uncommon, and undeniable." --All About Jazz“One of the most distinctive and imposing tenor sax voices to come along in years."--DownBeatThe 20th year of saxophonist Ivo Perelman's prodigious career ...
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Ivo Perelman & Dominic Duval in Philadelphia on 12/20/07 - Free
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Thursday, December 20 | 8pm Ivo Perelman, saxophone Dominic Duval, double-bass Free The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Ivo Perlman is best known for performing in a heavily distorted, abstract-expressionist vein first tapped in the '60s by the late Albert Ayler. His first album, Ivo (K2B2, 1989), featured an all-star cast that included drummer Peter Erskine, bassist John Patitucci, percussionist ...
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IVO PERELMAN, TENOR SAXOPHONIST AND UNBRIDLED IMPROVISER, RELEASES TWO NEW ALBUMS -- THE EYE LISTENS, A TRIO DATE, AND THE HAMMER, A SERIES OF DUETS WITH DRUMMER JAY ROSEN
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All About Jazz
Masterful and daring improviser Ivo Perelman, a musician Bill Milkowski called in Down Beat “one of the most distinctive and imposing tenor sax voices to come along in years," has released two new albums that exemplify the remarkable scope of his powers: The Eye Listens, a trio date on Boxholder Records, and The Hammer from Leo Records, on which he is paired with drummer Jay Rosen.
Joined on The Eye Listens by two other hyper-kinetic improvisers--bassist Wilbur Morris and drummer ...
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Ivo Perelman
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
Born: January 12, 1961
