Patrick Scales (born 24 March 1965) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

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is a German electric bass guitar player and teacher.

Biography

Patrick Scales was born in a small town in the Bavarian Alps. As the town was a recreation area for the American army, there were many clubs with live music around. Patrick could often listen to a big variety of music. From bluegrass to rock,

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and

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everything was present. At the age of 12 he was taking up classical guitar lessons with his teacher Jeffrey Ashton. For his 14th birthday he got an electric bass and because of the recommendations of his teacher Wayne Martin, half a year later he started playing gigs regularly in army clubs with musicians twice his age. After finishing school he and his brother Martin Scales (guitar) decided to visit the U.S.A. to play music and study for a period of time. 1989 Patrick moved to

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, where he started gigging with bands in all kinds of musical fields. He was touring with the New York blues guitar player Jonathan Kalb, the avant-garde jazz band Brother Virus (CD: Live at the Knitting Factory-New York; Enja records-1991), the Brazilian band Coisa Nostra and others. 1993 Patrick and his brother Martin recorded their debut album SCALSENDERS together with their old friend Johannes Enders. 1994 Patrick joined

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´s band Passport, where he is playing since and has recorded 5 CDs with. 1996 Patrick started teaching at the Music University of Mannheim. He played bass on the CD "A new shift" of

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. 1997 the CD Scales Brothers “Our House” was released at

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. 1999 Patrick began to teach at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. 2000 the CD Scales “Grounded” was released at Blue Note Records. 2004 the book "A Rhythmic Concept For Fusion / Funk" (Advance Music) by Peter O'Mara and Patrick Scales was released. 2008 Patrick became teacher at the

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Musicians that Scales recorded or played concerts with

Scales has worked with many musicians including:

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, Chuck Loeb,

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, Bob Mintzer, Claudio Roditi, Jay Ashby,

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, Peter O'Mara, Joo Kraus, Adrian Mears, Johannes Enders a.o.

Discography (selected)

;With his own band *Scales, ''Grounded'', Blue Note Records (2000) *Scales Brothers, ''Our House'', Enja (1997) *Scalesenders, ''This And More'', GLM (1994) ;With other musicians *Pee Wee Ellis, '' Tenoration'', Art Of Groove - MIG-Music (2011) *Klaus Doldinger Passport, ''Inner Blue'', Warner Music Group (2011) *Klaus Doldinger Passport, ''Symphonic Projectl'', Warner Music Group (2011) *

Passport, ''On Stage'',

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(2008) *Frank Monelli, ''Easy Life & Love'', Sonoton (2008) *YuMAG, ''Live im Kongress'', Marangani Records (2007) * Joo Kraus & Basic Jazz Lounge, ''The Ride'',

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(2006) *

Passport, ''Passport To Morocco'',

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(2006) *

Passport, ''Back to Brazil'',

(2003) *Enders Room, ''Monolith'', Enja (2002), featuring

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*Wolfgang Haffner, ''Urban Life'', Skip (2001) *Dieter Reith, ''Manic -Organic'', Mons Records (2001) *

Passport, ''Move'',

(2000) *Tatort, ''Die Songs'',

(2000), featuring

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*A-Strain, ''A-Strain'', SBF Records (1998) *Alison Welles, ''Expect Me'', House Master Records (1997), featuring Bob Mintzer,

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*Zappel Bude, Mood Records (1997) *

, ''A New Shift'', Minor Music (1996) *

Passport, ''To Paradise'',

(1996) *Color Box, ''Forbidden Blue'', BSC Music (1995), featuring

*SPLASH, ''Just A Party'', Nu Trax (1994) *Coisa Nostra, ''Nao Eu Nao Sou Brasilero'', JMP Records (1993) *Brother Virus ''Happy Hour '', Enja (1991) *F.L.T., ''Wölfe Remix'', da music (1988)

References

External links

Patrick's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scales, Patrick 1965 births Living people People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German jazz guitarists Male bass guitarists Jazz bass guitarists Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich German male jazz musicians Passport (band) members German male guitarists