Patrick Shiroishi & Jeff Tobias (CAT 008), by Patrick Shiroishi & Jeff Tobias

Patrick Shiroishi & Jeff Tobias (CAT 008)

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“They're two distinct types of visionaries, it's like fire and ice, basically…” - Spinal Tap

In May 2021, Jeff Tobias traveled to Los Angeles to see friends and get into nature. While there, he met up with Patrick Shiroishi for a first meeting improvisation that saw both multi-instrumentalists exclusively playing sopranino saxophone, the high-pitched instrument made famous by Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.

Nick Tuttle engineered the session, with assistance from Jerry Chinatown. In order to accentuate the registral extremes offered by the paired sopraninos, Tuttle recorded Shiroishi and Tobias in both the largest and smallest spaces available in his studio. The recording was consequently mastered by Ian Wayne; the results speak for themselves. The pair intend to record a follow-up sometime in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-two.

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released January 14, 2022

Patrick Shiroishi: sopranino saxophone
Jeff Tobias: sopranino saxophone

Recorded on May 24th 2021 in Los Angeles
Tracked and mixed by Nick Tuttle
Mastered by Ian Wayne
Special thanks to Jerry Chinatown

www.patrickshiroishi.com
www.jefftobias.net

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