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"Rules of Engagement, Vol. 1 features longtime musical collaborators bassist Dominic Duval and alto saxophonist Mark Whitecage in their first duo recording. This recording finds two of the worlds leading improvisers performing at the height of their creative energies. The sparseness and intimacy of the duo context provides room for their music to breath with a clarity of purpose and vision rarely heard. In choosing to record three sets of duos with ""old friends"", Dominic Duval's ""Rules of Engagement"" project sets out to explore in depth exactly what such relationships can yield on an artistic context. The music testifies not only to a great sense of complicity and virtuosity, but, more importantly, to a deep mutual affection and a real understanding of what it means to play music....and the results are richly rewarding."