Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian

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saxophonist born in

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Career

In his youth, Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano, concentrating on tenor sax since age 19. He attended the

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for one semester and then

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, moving to Los Angeles in 1986. Perelman released his first album in 1989, which featured

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, 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,

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, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins,

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, Joanne Brackeen, Mark Helias,

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, Mino Cinelu, Nana Vasconcelos,

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, William Parker, Louis Sclavis, John Wolf Brennan,

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, and Joe Morris. He founded Ibeji Records in 1994 to record his own work.

Discography

* ''Ivo'' (ITM, 1989) * ''The Children of Ibeji'' ( Enja, 1991) * ''Man of the Forest'' (GM, 1994) * ''Soccer Land'' (Ibeji, 1994) * ''Tapeba Songs'' (Ibeji, 1995) * ''Blue Monk Variations'' (Cadence, 1996) * '' Cama de Terra'' ( Homestead, 1996) * '' Bendito of Santa Cruz'' (

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, 1997) with Matthew Shipp * ''Sad Life'' ( Leo, 1997) * ''Perelman/Parker/Ali Live'' (Zero In, 1997) * ''

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'' (Leo, 1997) * ''Slaves of Job'' ( CIMP, 1997) * ''Revelation'' (CIMP, 1997) * '' En Adir'' ( Music & Arts, 1997) * '' Sound Hierarchy'' (Music & Arts, 1997) * ''Strings'' (Leo, 1997) * ''Seeds, Visions, and Counterpoint'' (Leo, 1998) * ''The Alexander Suite'' (Leo, 1998) * ''Eye Listens'' (Boxholder, 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, 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) with Gerry Hemingway * ''The Hour of the Star'' (Leo, 2011) with

, Joe Morris, & Gerald Cleaver * ''Family Ties'' (Leo, 2012) with Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Passion According to G.H.'' (Leo, 2012) with Sirius Quartet * ''The Foreign Legion'' (Leo, 2012) with Matthew Shipp & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Clairvoyant'' (Leo, 2012) with Matthew Shipp & Whit Dickey * ''Living Jelly'' (Leo, 2012) with Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Gift'' (Leo, 2012) with Matthew Shipp &

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* ''One'' (RareNoise, 2013) with Joe Morris & Balázs Pándi * ''A Violent Dose of Anything'' (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp &

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* ''Enigma'' (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp, Whit Dickey, & Gerald Cleaver * ''Serendipity'' (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp, William Parker, & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Edge'' (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, & Whit Dickey * ''The Art of the Duet, Volume One'' (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp * ''Two Men Walking'' (Leo, 2014) with Mat Maneri * ''Book of Sound'' (Leo, 2014) with Matthew Shipp & William Parker * ''The Other Edge'' (Leo, 2014) with Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, & Whit Dickey * ''Reverie'' (Leo, 2014) with Karl Berger * ''Tenorhood'' (Leo, 2015) with Whit Dickey * ''Callas'' (Leo, 2015) with Matthew Shipp * ''Counterpoint'' (Leo, 2015) with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris * ''Butterfly Whispers'' (Leo, 2015) with Matthew Shipp & Whit Dickey * ''Villa Lobos Suite'' (Leo, 2015) with Mat Maneri & Tanya Kalmanovitch * ''Complementary Colors'' (Leo, 2015) with Matthew Shipp * ''Corpo'' (Leo, 2016) with Matthew Shipp * ''Soul'' (Leo, 2016) with Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio & Whit Dickey * ''Blue'' (Leo, 2016) with Joe Morris * ''The Hitchhiker'' (Leo, 2016) with Karl Berger * ''Breaking Point'' (Leo, 2016) with Mat Maneri, Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 1'' (Leo, 2016) with Karl Berger & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 2'' (Leo, 2016) with Mat Maneri & Whit Dickey * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 3'' (Leo, 2016) with Matthew Shipp & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 4'' (Leo, 2016) with William Parker & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 5'' (Leo, 2016) with Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of the Improv Trio Volume 6'' (Leo, 2016) with Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 1: Titan'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp & William Parker * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 2: Tarvos'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp & Bobby Kapp * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 3: Pandora'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp, William Parker, & Whit Dickey * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 4: Hyperion'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp, & Michael Bisio * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 5: Rhea'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, & Whit Dickey * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 6: Saturn'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp * ''The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 7: Dione'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp &

* ''Live in Brussels'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp * ''Live in Baltimore'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp & Jeff Cosgrove * ''Heptagon'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp, William Parker, & Bobby Kapp * ''Scalene'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp & Joe Hertenstein * ''Philosopher's Stone'' (Leo, 2017) with Matthew Shipp & Nate Wooley * ''Octagon'' (Leo, 2017) with Nate Wooley, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver * ''Oneness'' (Leo, 2018) with Matthew Shipp * ''Efflorescence'' (Leo, 2019) with Matthew Shipp * ''Ineffable Joy'' ( ESP-Disk, 2019) with Matthew Shipp, William Parker, & Bobby Kapp * ''Strung Out Threads'' ( Setola di Maiale, 2020) * ''Strings & Voices Project'' (Hundred Years Gallery, 2020) with David Leahy, Pascal Marzan, Marcio Mattos, Phil Minton, Jean-Michel van Schouwburg ( de), Benedict Taylor, & Phil Wachsmann * ''Dust Of Light / Ears Drawings Sounds'' ( Setola di Maiale, 2020) with Pascal Marzan * ''Fruition'' (ESP-Disk, 2022) with Matthew Shipp

Notes

References

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