Ivo Perelman - Sunday Interview

Photo by Celso Oliveira

1.  What is your greatest joy in improvised music?
   
   The childish playful soul cleansing nature of total improvisation.
   
   
2. What quality do you most admire in the musicians you perform with?
   
   Their total "in the moment" availability and commitment to very demanding art form.
   
   
3. Which historical musician/composer do you admire the most?
   
   Heitor Villa Lobos
   
   
4. If you could resurrect a musician to perform with, who would it be?
   
   Cecil Taylor
   
   
5. What would you still like to achieve musically in your life?
   
   Achieve even more control of the many musical parameters while being able to be totally in the moment.
   
   
6. Are you interested in popular music and - if yes - what music/artist do you particularly like
   
   Yes, I am. I enjoy listening to Brazilian pop music like Roberto Carlos.
   
   
7. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
   
   I would like to be less critical of my own playing.
   
   
8. Which of your albums are you most proud of?
   
   Ivo and Seven Skies Orchestra
   
   
9. Once an album of yours is released, do you still listen to it? And how often?
   
   Very rarely
   
   
10. Which album (from any musician) have you listened to the most in your life?
    
    A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
    
    
11. What are you listening to at the moment?
    
    12 guitar etudes by Villa Lobos
    
    
12. What artist outside music inspires you?
    
    Helen Frankenthaler, painter

Ivo Perelman reviewed on the Free Jazz Blog:

Ivo Perelman and Matt Moran - Tuning Forks (Ibeji, 2023)

Ivo Perelman and Nate Wooley - Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance, 2023)

Ivo Perelman and James Emery - The Whisperers (Mahakala, 2023)

Ivo Perelman - Molten Gold (Fundacja Słuchaj, 2023)

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp - Tryptich I - III (SMP, 2023)

Ivo Perelman and Joe Morris - Elliptic Time (Mahakala, 2022)

Ivo Perelman - Reed Rapture in Brooklyn (Mahakala Music, 2022)

(D)IVO Saxophone Quartet (Mahakala Music, 2022) ***½

Ivo Perelman - Brass and Ivory Tales (Fundacja Sluchcaj, 2021) *****

Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley - Polarity (Burning Ambulance, 2021) ****

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp - Special Edition Box (SMP, 2020) ****½

Ivo Perelman: A Musical Storyteller - a film by Leonel Costa (2020)

Ivo Perelman - The Purity of Desire (Not Two, 2020) *****

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris - Shamanism (Mahakala Music, 2020) ****

Ivo Perelman/Pascal Marzan - Dust of Light / Ears Drawings Sounds (Setola di Maiale/ Ibeji, 2020) ****

Ivo Perelman and the Arcado String Trio - Deep Resonance (FSRecords, 2020) *****

Ivo Perelman and Matt Shipp - Amalgam (Mahakala Music, 2020) ****½

Ivo Perelman is Prolific in His Creativity: An Interview with Ivo Perelman

Reflecting upon last decade's musical influencers

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp - Live in Nuremberg (SMP Records, 2019) ****½

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp - Efflorescence Volume 1 (Leo Records, 2019) ****½

Solo percussion & percussion duets and even more percussion

Ivo Perelman - Ineffable Joy (ESP Disc, 2019) ****1⁄2

Ivo Perelman - Strings 4 (Leo, 2019) ****

Ivo Perelman and Rudi Mahall - Kindred Spirits (Leo, 2018) *****

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp – Live In Brussels (Leo, 2017) *****

The Art of Perelman-Shipp (Leo Records, 2017) – Part Two

The Art of Perelman-Shipp (Leo Records, 2017) – Part One

Vision Festival 2017 - Day 6: Seeking Optimism

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp - Le Poisson Rouge, May 7th, 2017

The year in review

The Art of the Improv Trio (3 of 3)

The Art of the Improv Trio (2 of 3)

The Art of the Improv Trio (1 of 3)

Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris – Blue (Leo Records, 2016) ****

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Whit Dickey -- Soul (Leo Records, 2016) ****

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp - Corpo (Leo Records, 2016) ****½

Perelman/Maneri/Morris/Cleaver - Breaking Point (Leo Records, 2016) ****

Ivo Perelman and Karl Berger – The Hitchhiker (Leo Records, 2016) ****½

Ivo Perelman Week

Three more from Ivo

Three from Ivo (3 of 3)

Three from Ivo (2 of 3)

Three from Ivo (1 of 3)

Ivo Perelman galore ....

Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver - Living Jelly (Leo, 2012) ****½

Latest from Leo (Part 2 of 3)

Sax, piano, drums ... free expressions from around the world

Gerald Cleaver : drummer by nature

Ivo Perelman and friends

Ivo Perelman - Mind Games (Leo Records, 2009) ****

Ivo Perelman & Dominic Duval - Nowhere To Hide (Not Two, 2009) ****

Sax trio