Saxophonist Ivo Perelman and the string ensemble Sirius Quartet create a passionate album of free improvisation that is at times fierce and others delicate, all the while remaining extraordinary.
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Ivo Perelman-tenor saxophone
Gregor Huebner-violin
Fung Chern Hwei-violin
Ron Lawrence-viola
Jeremy Harman-cello
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UPC: 5024792064229
Label: Leo Records
Catalog ID: LEOR642.2
Squidco Product Code: 16812
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2012
Country: UK
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Recorded by Jim Clouse at Park West studios, Brooklyn, NY in December 2011.
"As Neil Tesser writes in his liner notes, "This album contains a great deal of remarkable music - music that floats and dives, dances and prods; passages of warmth or warning, fright and flight; phrases both fragile and powerful. They convey epic romance and intimate inspection. But for all that, perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this album is this: not one note of it was written in advance"."-Leo Records
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Ivo Perelman "Born in 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, Perelman was a classical guitar prodigy who tried his hand at many other instruments - including cello, clarinet, and trombone - before gravitating to the tenor saxophone. His initial heroes were the cool jazz saxophonists Stan Getz and Paul Desmond. But although these artists' romantic bent still shapes Perelman's voluptuous improvisations, it would be hard to find their direct influence in the fiery, galvanic, iconoclastic solos that have become his trademark. Moving to Boston in 1981, to attend Berklee College of Music, Perelman continued to focus on mainstream masters of the tenor sax, to the exclusion of such pioneering avant-gardists as Albert Ayler, Peter Brötzmann, and John Coltrane (all of whom would later be cited as precedents for Perelman's own work). He left Berklee after a year or so and moved to Los Angeles, where he studied with vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake, at whose monthly jam sessions Perelman discovered his penchant for post-structure improvisation: "I would go berserk, just playing my own thing," he has stated. Emboldened by this approach, Perelman began to research the free-jazz saxists who had come before him. In the early 90s he moved to New York, a far more inviting environment for free-jazz experimentation, where he lives to this day. His discography comprises more than 50 recordings, with a dozen of them appearing since 2010, when he entered a remarkable period of artistic growth - and "intense creative frenzy," in his words. Many of these trace his rewarding long-term relationships with such other new-jazz visionaries as pianist Matthew Shipp, bassists William Parker, guitarist Joe Morris, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Critics have lauded Perelman's no-holds-barred saxophone style, calling him "one of the great colorists of the tenor sax" (Ed Hazell in the Boston Globe); "tremendously lyrical" (Gary Giddins); and "a leather-lunged monster with an expressive rasp, who can rage and spit in violence, yet still leave you feeling heartbroken" (The Wire). Since 2011, he has undertaken an immersive study in the natural trumpet, an instrument popular in the 17th century, before the invention of the valve system used in modern brass instruments; his goal is to achieve even greater control of the tenor saxophone's altissimo range (of which he is already the world's most accomplished practitioner). Perelman is also a prolific and noted visual artist, whose paintings and sketches have been displayed in numerous exhibitions while earning a place in collections around the world." ^ Hide Bio for Ivo Perelman • Show Bio for Ron Lawrence "Ron Lawrence: viola From John Adams to John Zorn, violist Ron Lawrence has performed and recorded with many of new music's most exciting personalities. Besides being a founding member of the Sirius Quartet, he has performed extensively with Cuartetango, Quartet Indigo, the Soldier String Quartet and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Other collaborators include Anthony Braxton, John Blake, Bob Beldon, Anthony Davis, Regina Carter, Elliott Sharp, James Blood Ulmer, Cassandra Wilson, John Cale, and Eumir Deodato. Further uptown, he has recorded with Kathleen Battle, Robert Craft, John Cage, and Andre Previn. One of Ron's most exciting projects was a journey to Alaska to record John Luther Adams' multi-media spectacular, Earth and the Great Weather -A Sonic Geography of the Arctic. Despite a rigorous performance schedule, he was able to break away each evening to cross-country ski under the Northern Lights." ^ Hide Bio for Ron Lawrence
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Track Listing:
1. part 1 7:20
2. part 2 7:56
3. part 3 15:33
4. part 4 6:17
5. part 5 3:38
6. part 6 8:46
Improvised Music
Jazz
Leo Records
NY Downtown & Metropolitan Jazz/Improv
Quintet Recordings
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