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Artist
Patrick Prouty
12+ albums
AlljazzUnited States
about
Patrick Prouty is a veteran bassist/composer from Detroit. He began his musical pursuits with piano lessons at age 10. When he got to high school, he started singing and playing guitar in local rock bands. Early on, music became his foremost passion! Switching to electric bass in his senior year of high school, and without much formal musical training, he decided to pursue a jazz studies degree at Wayne State University in Detroit. After a less than spectacular audition, Professor Matt Michaels agreed to let him enter the jazz program but only after a summer of lessons with Wayne State’s bass instructor Dan Pliskow. Professor Pliskow encouraged Patrick to acquire an upright bass. He found one for sale in the paper, purchased it and three days later did his first gig on it! In the fertile Detroit jazz and blues scene, Patrick began to make a name for himself as a solid, reliable sideman on both the electric and upright bass and started to make his living as a musician. He began sharing the stage and the recording studio with some of Detroit’s best jazz and blues artists. In 1997 he earned the bass chair with legendary blues guitarist Bassett. With Johnnie Bassett, Patrick toured the U.S., played his first gigs in Europe and got to work with pianist/organist Bill Heid. Patrick considers Bill Heid and Johnnie Basset to be his musical fathers. He learned from these Detroit veterans not only the language and technique needed to play music at a high level but also what it t
