Ivo Perelman - The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 7: Dione

Ivo Perelman, tenor sax; Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey drums. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jim Clouse at Parkwest Studios, Brooklyn, NY, August 2016. All CDs are named after the planet Saturn's moons and on the front covers one can see fantastic Ivo Perelman's paintings which turn the whole thing into a work of art and instant collector's item.

These artistic soulmates engage in a musical communication that calls to mind the greatest partnerships in improvised music: Parker and Gillespie, Brubeck and Desmond, Coltrane and Tyner. As Neil Tesser, who annotated all seven discs, writes: "At this juncture, and especially in the duo format, [Perelman and Shipp] each can anticipate the other's responses. A connection exists that some would call telepathy — or even clairvoyance. Not only do they finish each other's sentences; they also start them." But not even Coltrane and Tyner approached each performance in the way of Perelman and Shipp, who walk into the studio without any preconceived plan — no written theme, no harmonic schemes, no outline of the events that will take place — and simply start to play, allowing the music to go where it will and trusting their shared history to guide the proceedings.