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 Ivo Perelman
Released	1997
Recorded	October 1996
Studio	Systems Two, Brooklyn
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:37
Label	Music & Arts
Producer	Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman chronology
En Adir (1997) Sound Hierarchy (1997) Strings (1997)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Ivo Perelman - tenor sax, mouthpiece on 2
• Marilyn Crispell - piano
• Gerry Hemingway - drums, voice on 2
• William Parker - bass

References