MAN OF THE FOREST

Latin Jazz from IVO PERELMAN

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Among the several artistic/musical priorities upon which this CD is premised, perhaps the most important is that all the pieces are based on thematic or motivic ideas by the great Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). To Ivo Perelman this did not mean playing Villa-Lobos' music straight, nor did it mean recreating, i.e. re-composing his music in jazz terms, let alone what years ago used to be called 'jazzing up the classics' (in this case some of Villa-lobos' 'tunes'); nor did it mean mixing jazz improvisations with some of Villa-Lobos' intact compositions or subjecting them to variational procedures. Rather, Ivo wanted to pay tribute to his fellow countryman by using a few particularly fetching melodic morsels, culled from the vast catalogue of Villa-Lobos' works, as points of departure, transuting these fragments into Ivo's own unique personal sound world. The Villa-Lobos pieces involded are: Pai-do-Mato (Man of the Forest), subtitled Amerindian Poem; Cantiga Caico (Song of Caico); Veleiro (Sailboat); Rasga o Coracao (Touch the Heart); and Prelude No. 1 (for guitar).

Gunther Schuller

Ivo Perelman -- tenor sax
Joanne Brackeen -- piano
Mark Helias -- bass
Billy Hart -- drums
Guilherme Franco vpercussion
Cyro Baptista -- percussion
Nana Vasconcelos -- percussion, voice
Dom Salvador -- accordion
Duduka da Fonseca -- percussion

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MAN OF THE FOREST (PAI DO MATO)
CANTIGA CAICOVELEIRO
RASGA O CORACAO
PRELUDE NO. 1