Manu Falleiros

Ivo Perelman São Paulo Creative 4: Supernova

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 ...