Ivo Perelman is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian free jazz

Free jazz

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 saxophonist born in Sao Paulo

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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

Berklee College of Music

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 for one semester and then dropped out

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, moving to Los Angeles

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 in 1986. Perelman released his first album in 1989, which featured Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine

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, John Patitucci

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, Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira

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, Eliane Elias

Eliane Elias

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, and Flora Purim

Flora Purim

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 as guests. After the release of his first album he moved to New York City

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. Perelman has released many albums since then for a number of different labels, and has played with Dominic Duval

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, Borah Bergman

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, Rashied Ali

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, Jay Rosen

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, Marilyn Crispell

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, Matthew Shipp

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, Paul Bley

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, Don Pullen

Don Pullen

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, Fred Hopkins

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, Andrew Cyrille

Andrew Cyrille

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, Joanne Brackeen

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, Mark Helias

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, Billy Hart

Billy Hart

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, Mino Cinelu

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, Nana Vasconcelos

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, Reggie Workman

Reggie Workman

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, William Parker

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, Louis Sclavis

Louis Sclavis

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, John Wolf Brennan

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, Elton Dean

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, and Joe Morris

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Discography

• Ivo (ITM Records, 1989)
• The Children of Ibeji (Enja Records
  Enja Records
  Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971....
  
  , 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
  Homestead Records
  Homestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading. It was founded in 1984 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were...
  
  , 1996)
• Sad Life (Leo Records
  Leo Records
  Leo Records is an English jazz record label, which releases Russian jazz in addition to material from American and British musicians.Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin , a Russian immigrant to Britain...
  
  , 1996)
• Perelman/Parker/Ali Live (Zero In Records, 1996)
• Geometry (Leo, 1996)
• Seeds, Visions, and Counterpoint (Leo, 1996)
• Slaves of Job (CIMP, 1996)
• Revelation (CIMP, 1996)
• En Adir (Music & Arts
  Music & Arts
  Music & Arts is an American record label based in Kensington, California.Music & Arts is owned and operated by Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to informal education in the arts, established in California in 1984...
  
  , 1996)
• Sound Hierarchy (Music & Arts, 1996)
• 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)