If there was going to be anyone who could figure out how to make a tenor saxophone work with an oud and Persian percussion, that would be Ivo Perelman, with Gordon Grdina and Hamin Honari likewise finding the right roles for their respective instruments alongside a sax for the trio improv date ‘The Purity of Desire.’

This is a significant addition to both Arcado String Trio’s limited catalog and Ivo Perelman’s massive one.

There’s no indecision on Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp’s ‘Amalgam,’ because they don’t need time to figure out their next move. It’s instantly understood.

With ‘Ineffable Joy,’ Ivo Perelman makes a significant addition to free jazz’s most fabled record company catalog.

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp continue to relentlessly push the envelope after all these years.

Hiatus? What hiatus? The Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp creation train keeps on rolling.

Once again, Ivo Perelman follows a path that the listener has never gone down before – or the musicians, for that matter.

Ivo Perelman has added Nat Wooley on trumpet. ‘Strings 3’ answers the question of whether that was bonkers or completely wonderful.

Ivo Perelman almost decided not to record with a cellist, but thankfully he changed his mind.

Ivo Perelman’s ‘String 1’ with Mat Maneri, Jason Hwang and Mark Feldman is a quest to fully realize the juxtaposition of wind and vibrations and take it as far as it can go.