Sound Hierarchy is an album by the Brazilian jazz saxophonist Ivo Perelman, recorded in 1996 and released on the Music & Arts label. He leads a quartet with pianist Marilyn Crispell, drummer Gerry Hemingway and bassist William Parker.

Sound Hierarchy
Studio album by
Released1997
RecordedOctober 1996
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn
GenreJazz
Length56:37
LabelMusic & Arts
ProducerIvo Perelman
Ivo Perelman chronology
En Adir
(1997)
Sound Hierarchy
(1997)
Strings
(1997)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [2]

In his review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson states: "Short of Charles Gayle, you won't find any 1990s avant-garde jazz that is more incendiary, ferocious and violent than Sound Hierarchy."[1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Crispell is too strong a personality to settle for the kind of subsidiary role that Perelman needs, and Hemingway's rhythms are too bracingly inventive - they offer Perelman a distraction rather than fed lines."[2]

Track listing

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All titles are collective works except as indicated
  1. "Frozen Tears" - 18:54
  2. "Sound Hierarchy" - 7:29
  3. "Datchki Dandara" (Ivo Perelman) - 12:20
  4. "Fragments" - 17:33

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Ivo Perelman – Sound Hierarchy: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1176. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.