Attention gem ...

"The merit of a reverie is entirely in his vague, is not a kind of intellectual steam? "(1). Well, this kind of citation has its limits, jen agree. But for such a title, I have not been able to resist. "Reverie" saxophonist Ivo Perelman (published under the label Leo Records in 2014) say it is demblée a musical masterpiece, mystery and poetic stroll like no other! A rare album. A discreet paragraph in number Jazzmag from April 2015, as if to say quau beyond classifications and stars, "Reverie" is to be reserved for the most demanding enthusiasts. A kind of secret that will not reveal to anyone. It is indeed a musical culture to appreciate this outstanding opus, especially at a time more sanitized and consensual. I just got the compact, and frankly, over the tracks, and even at the first, I am seized by such sincerity, lyricism and poetry! Here in duo with pianist Karl Berger, Ivo Perelman suggests one of his best albums. Better, the music here has, in its raw and naked truth, does not have to browse the thickness of symbols and often dabstractions own free jazz. So leave aside categorization. During these conversations (six pieces), lon extent (if that one can measure anything here) authenticity and supreme necessity dune music is done in linstant with consummate skill for the rigor, listening and lévidence of the exchange, or complicity. So, yes, we can speak of beauty, rarity! It is not even close to the sublime.

In fact, "Reverie" celebrates twenty five years phonographic saxophonist. By reading the liner notes, lon will probably surprised that Karl Berger had ever met saxophonist before or listened to his music (sic). But no matter, because at the end, this meeting gives rise to one of the most invigorating music, the most invigorating and most spontaneous that is jazzy in the circuit. Spontaneous and essential ... Nothing prepared, then. One could almost speak dimprovisation total. Or the art of conversation between two singular personalities, without forced politeness or sycophancy. A sacred emulation for our hearing and taste buds for neurons! From high-volt ige in short, and not without humor and music that makes sense to each moment ("Transcendence" to 9'30 or "pensiveness" to 6'25, all these and other bifurcations nose feet, which seem so natural!)! Moreover, the six titles speak for themselves: "Transcendence", "Contemplation", "pensiveness", "Pursuance" (in which it seems that Ivo Perelman cites the leitmotif of "Well You Need not" of Thelonious Monk), "Placidity", "Reverie" ...

Berger, the amateur necessarily fond memories of his participation in the collective Don Cherry (both volumes at Cafe Montmartre he'll have to listen to me ...). Personally, that's about all I know of him. In any case, you can bet, as suggested Neil Tesser in the liner notes, this disc is a milestone, or say, a new direction for Ivo Perelman. What he plays is quite different from what he has engraved before. Not that there is less passion or less tension, but there is a je ne sais quoi bright darkly, like a ray of darkness, or as a veiled light, keeping us so far, and without nostalgia and without any sentimentality (but hey, Perelman was never in sentimentality anyway). The sound material is never here in the trailer of the mind and provide our whim of music lovers and musicians. The music is meant lon turn recalcitrant turn, voluptuous, tragic, surprising ("pensiveness"), with all these waves beauty perfect for meditation, these overlapping undulating waves under a setting sun, far from everything, away from noise And for the listener than I am, and we are, it's just the nectar! Or better: the great art! A disc mark in the annals ... Verdict: 5 stars for a downright outstanding record.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

(1) Balzac The woman of thirty Balzac