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Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman (1961), who relocated to New York in 1989,
initially paid tribute to his roots (folk songs, composer Heitor Villa-Lobos)
employing the free-jazz devices first experimented by Albert Ayler.
His maturation as a (emotional and almost mystic) composer started with the drumless trio of Cama de Terra (july 1996),
featuring bassist William Parker and pianist Matthew Shipp,
and the trio of Sad Life (june 1996), featuring Parker and Rashid Ali on
drums.
Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint (september 1996), in another trio, achieved a synthesis of Perelman the improviser and Perelman the composer through the 20-minute Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint and the 26-minute Cantilena, his wildest musical excursions yet (but also the first fully-realized expression of his spirituality) .
Equally dissonant and intense was Sound Hiearchy (october 1996),
for a quartet with pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerry Hemingway.
Perelman's horizons further expanded via a collaboration with a
string quartet, the eight-movement The Alexander Suite (may 1998),
that was, if possible, even more jarring and chaotic than his trios and quartets, to the point that "free" sounded like an understatement, and via the
seven-movement suite The Seven Energies of the Universe (april 1998) for
a bass-less trio.
Density rather than dissonance stood out on the colossal expressionist Suite for Helen F (march 2002) for a double trio, basically a 107-minute total immersion in the inner nightmare of a devastated psyche.
Subsequent recordings included:
Slaves Of Job (october 1996) for a trio,
Revelation (october 1996) for a guitar-based quartet,
Black On White (march 2001) for a trio,
The Ventriloquist (june 2001),
Introspection (july 2005) for a violin-based quartet,
etc.
Other recordings:
Soul Calling (recorded in 2006), with Rosie Hertlein on violin and voice, Dominic Duval on bass, Newman Taylor Baker on drums;
New Beginnings (december 2007), a suite in three parts;
Nowhere To Hide (february 2008), including the 15-minute Timeless and the 23-minute Amisade;
Mind Games (november 2008), including the 28-minute G. S. Farewell;
Mind Games (november 2008) and The Stream of Life (november 2008),
that document sessions with Ivo Perelman and drummer Brian Willson;
Soulstorm (april 2009) with cellist Daniel Levin and double bassist Torbjorn Zetterberg, including the 24-minute Plaza Maua;
The Apple In The Dark (february 2010), a collaboration between Ivo Perelman and Gerry Hemingway;
Near To The Wild Heart (march 2009), devoted to the
eight-movement suite Utwory performed by
a trio with bassist Dominic Duval and violinist Rosie Hertlein.
A quartet with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver improvised The Hour Of The Star.
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