| BUFFALO NEWS
Ivo Perelnan. Ivo (K2B2 - CD2769). Sensational-the debutt of the year in jazz. What Kevin Whitehead says in the notes is inarguable: This program of children's songs from Brazil will make you rethink what you know about Brazillian music. Snoozy bosses. mellow crooners, bustling fusion - forget 'em.- Perelman is a young (29) tenor saxophonist whose sense of pitch is as venturesome as Alben Ayler's but, unlike Ayler. doesn't get caught using a vibrato wide enough to drive a DC-10 through. Perelman's music has the beseechments and passions of a high-octane "outside" player but with a sense of musical form conservative enough to keep listeners rapt for the whole trip. To celebrate his debut, Floria Purim and Airto, no less showed up to contribute the most creative and speculative music they've made m many years. Among other sidemen is former UB Creative Associate Buell Neidlinger.J.S. |
