Patrick Scales
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Patrick Scales in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
, Germany
is a German electric bass guitar player and teacher.
and jazz
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 Munich
, 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 Klaus Doldinger
´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 Pee Wee Ellis
.
1997 the CD Scales Brothers “Our House” was released at Enja Records
.
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 University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Klaus Doldinger
, Pee Wee Ellis
, Fred Wesley
, Chuck Loeb
, Terri Lyne Carrington
, Randy Brecker
, Johnny Griffin
, Benny Bailey
, Bob Mintzer
, Claudio Roditi
, Jay Ashby, Roy Ayers
, Peter O’Mara, Joo Kraus, Adrian Mears, Johannes Enders a.o.
With other musicians
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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 lots of clubs with live music around. Patrick could often listen to a big variety of music. From bluegrass to rock, soul musicSoul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
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 Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 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 Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
´s band Passport
Passport (band)
Passport is a German jazz ensemble led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger.Passport was initiated in 1971 as a jazz fusion experimental group, similar to American groups such as Weather Report. The ensemble's first recording was issued in 1971, and through the 1970s had a constantly revolving...
, 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 Pee Wee Ellis
Pee Wee Ellis
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
.
1997 the CD Scales Brothers “Our House” was released at Enja Records
Enja Records
Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971....
.
1999 Patrick began to teach at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.
2000 the CD Scales “Grounded” was released at Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
.
2004 the book "A Rhythmic Concept For Fusion / Funk" (Advance Music) by Peter O'Mara
Peter O'Mara
Peter O'Mara is an Australian jazz guitarist, composer and teacher.-Biography:He studied at the Academy of Guitar under George Golla, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and at jazz clinics under Jamey Aebersold, Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, John Scofield and Hal Galper.O'Mara began his...
and Patrick Scales was released.
2008 Patrick became teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Musicians that Scales recorded or played concerts with
Scales has worked with many musicians including:Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
, Pee Wee Ellis
Pee Wee Ellis
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
, Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
, Chuck Loeb
Chuck Loeb
Chuck Loeb is a guitarist who performs numerous styles of music, most notably jazz. Loeb's own solo projects have generally been commercially successful crossover jazz, which has "contemporary" or "smooth" jazz....
, Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur. She has played with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many more...
, Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
, Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
, Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey, born Ernest Harold Bailey , was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter.-Biography:...
, Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader based in Los Angeles, California. Mintzer is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets.-With The Yellowjackets:*Greenhouse, 1991;*Live Wires, 1992;...
, Claudio Roditi
Claudio Roditi
Claudio Roditi is a Brazilian jazz trumpeter.After arriving in the United States in 1970, he began to study at Berklee School of Music, where he became musically influenced by Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan...
, Jay Ashby, Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
, Peter O’Mara, Joo Kraus, Adrian Mears, Johannes Enders a.o.
Discography (selected)
With his own band- Scales, Grounded, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
(2000) - Scales Brothers, Our House, Enja (1997)
- Scalesenders, This And More, GLMGLMThe three-letter acronym GLM may refer to:*Generalized linear model*General linear model*Geostationary Lightning Mapper, an instrument being designed for the GOES-R series of satellites...
(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)
- Klaus DoldingerKlaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
Passport, On Stage, Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(2008) - Frank Monelli, Easy Life & Love, SonotonSonotonSonoton claims to be the world's largest independently owned Production Music Library. Formed 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz in Munich , the company owns the copyrights of over 130.000 compositions and musical recordings of all genres...
(2008) - YuMAG, Live im Kongress, Marangani Records (2007)
- Joo Kraus & Basic Jazz Lounge, The Ride, Edel Records (2006)
- Klaus DoldingerKlaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
Passport, Passport To Morocco, WEAWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(2006) - Klaus DoldingerKlaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
Passport, Back to Brazil, Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(2003) - Enders Room, Monolith, Enja (2002), featuring Rebekka Bakken, Wolfgang MuthspielWolfgang MuthspielWolfgang Muthspiel is an Austrian guitarist and composer most associated with jazz and brother of the trombonist and pianist Christian Muthspiel....
- Wolfgang Haffner, Urban Life, Skip (2001)
- Dieter Reith, Manic -Organic, Mons Records (2001)
- Klaus DoldingerKlaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
Passport, Move, Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(2000) - Tatort, Die Songs, Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(2000), featuring Manfred KrugManfred KrugManfred Krug is a German actor and singer.-Life and work:After moving to East Germany at the age of 13, Manfred Krug worked at a steel plant before beginning his acting career on the stage and, ultimately, in film... - A-Strain, A-Strain, SBF Records (1998)
- Alison Welles, Expect Me, House Master Records (1997), featuring Bob MintzerBob MintzerBob Mintzer is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader based in Los Angeles, California. Mintzer is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets.-With The Yellowjackets:*Greenhouse, 1991;*Live Wires, 1992;...
, Dave SamuelsDave SamuelsDave Samuels is an American vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group... - Zappel Bude, Mood Records (1997)
- Pee Wee EllisPee Wee EllisAlfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
, A New Shift, Minor Music (1996) - Klaus DoldingerKlaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
Passport, To Paradise, Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
(1996) - Color Box, Forbidden Blue, BSC Music (1995), featuring Randy BreckerRandy BreckerRandal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
- 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)