On The Art Of Perelman-Shipp, Volume 4: Hyperion, Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp are joined by bassist Michael Bisio. Bisio, who’s been on several previous Perelman sessions, has also played with Shipp since 2010, mostly in a trio format. Where Parker remains calm and collected, even in the most volcanic of musical environments, Bisio brings a more excitable presence to the music. Beginning with the meditative Part 1, the trio digs in for some seriously potent music-making. On this date, Perelman concentrates on his well-articulated altissimo register, frequently leaping from the gruff bottom of his tenor to the “false” notes way at the top. Shipp spends a fair amount of time playing busy filigrees with occasional stabs of dark chords. The ten unnamed sections offer plenty of high drama and ruminative investigations of sound. The pastoral Part 5 is particularly effective. It’s a kind of free ballad, with an unusually introspective Perelman, a rhapsodic Shipp, and tender bass work by Bisio. I’m also quite attracted to the quickly paced Part 9, where Shipp and Bisio mesh tightly and lead Perelman into some remarkable flights of improvisation. Shipp gets two brief tracks all to himself. Part 6 is a thoughtfully slow improvisation that acts like a island of calm within the generally turbulent atmosphere. The similarly soothing Part 10 closes the disc like a lullaby, soothing and sedate. It’s the perfect way to end another absorbing Perelman excursion.
Leo CD LR 797; Ivo Perelman (ts) Matthew Shipp (p) Michael Bisio (b); Brooklyn, NY, August 2015; Parts 1-10; 48:14. www.leorecords.com
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