Ivo Perelman

Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo.

Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in 1986. Perelman released his first album in 1989, which featured Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, Airto Moreira, Eliane Elias, and Flora Purim as guests. After the release of his first album he moved to New York City. Perelman has released many albums since then for a number of different labels, and has played with Dominic Duval, Borah Bergman, Rashied Ali, Jay Rosen, Marilyn Crispell, Matthew Shipp, Paul Bley, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, Joanne Brackeen, Mark Helias, Billy Hart, Mino Cinelu, Nana Vasconcelos, Reggie Workman, William Parker, Louis Sclavis, John Wolf Brennan, Elton Dean, and Joe Morris.

He founded Ibeji Records in 1994 to record his own work.

Discography

• Ivo (ITM Records, 1989)
• The Children of Ibeji (Enja Records, 1991)
• Man of the Forest (GM Records, 1994)
• Soccer Land (Ibeji Records, 1994)
• Bendito of Santa Cruz (Cadence Jazz, 1996)
• Blue Monk Variations (Cadence, 1996)
• Cama de Terra (Homestead Records, 1996)
• Sad Life (Leo Records, 1996)
• Perelman/Parker/Ali Live (Zero In Records, 1996)
• Geometry (Leo, 1997)
• Seeds, Visions, and Counterpoint (Leo, 1996)
• Slaves of Job (CIMP, 1996)
• Revelation (CIMP, 1996)
• En Adir (Music & Arts, 1997)
• Sound Hierarchy (Music & Arts, 1997)
• Strings (Leo, 1996)
• Tapeba Songs (Ibeji, 1996)
• The Alexander Suite (Leo, 1998)
• Eye Listens (Boxholder Records, 1999)
• Sieiro (Leo, 1999)
• Brazilian Watercolor (Leo, 1999)
• The Hammer (Leo, 2000)
• The Seven Energies of the Universe (Leo, 2001)
• The Ventriloquist (Leo, 2002)
• Aquarela do Brazil (Atracao, 2002)
• Olha Ze (Rob Records, 2003)
• Suite for Helen F. (Boxholder, 2003)
• Black on White (Clean Feed, 2004)
• Introspection (Leo, 2006)
• Soul Calling (Cadence, 2006)
• Near To The Wild Heart (Not Two, 2010)
• Soulstorm (Clean Feed, 2010)
• The Apple in the Dark (Leo, 2010)
• The Hour of the Star (Leo, 2011)
• Family Ties (Leo, 2012)
• The Passion According to G.H. (Leo, 2012)
• The Foreign Legion (Leo, 2012)
• The Clairvoyant (Leo, 2012)
• Living Jelly (Leo, 2012)
• The Gift (Leo, 2012)
• A Violent Dose of Anything (Leo, 2013)
• Enigma (Leo, 2013)
• Serendipity (Leo, 2013)
• The Edge (Leo, 2013)
• The Art of the Duet, Volume One with Matthew Shipp (Leo, 2013)
• Two Men Walking Duo with Mat Maneri(Leo, 2014)
• Book of Sound (Leo, 2014)
• The Other Edge (Leo, 2014)
• Tenorhood (Leo, 2015)
• Callas (Leo, 2015)
• Counterpoint (Leo, 2015)
• Butterfly Whispers (Leo, 2015)
• Villa Lobos Suite (Leo, 2015)
• Complementary Colors (Leo, 2015)

References

• Ivo Perelman at Allmusic