Personal Summary

Thomas Sciple is Associate Professor of Double Bass at the University of Montana

teaching both the Jazz and Classical idioms of Double Bass pedagogy. He is currently

a member of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra, Missoula Jazz Collective, along with

occasional performances with the String Orchestra of the Rockies and the Jeff Troxel

Duo.

Thomas holds a B.A. in Music from the University of South Alabama and an M.M. in

Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans under the direction of Ellis Marsalis

where he studied with Jazz Bassist Bill Huntington.

Thomas spent much of his career in New Orleans as a valued jazz journeyman

musician performing and recording with many notable artists and groups including

Rick Margitza, Ed Peterson, Steve Masakowski, Clint Strong, David Mooney, Don

Vappie, Leon Brown, Tony Dagradi, Mike Esnault, Wendel Brunious, Shelly Berg,

Jason Marsalis, Jeremy Davenport, Brian Seeger, Troy Davis, Brent Rose, Lumark

Gully, Ricky Sebastion, Johnny Vidacovich, Betty Shirley, Chuck Chaplin, Eric

Robinson, Miss Sophie Lee, Todd Duke, Matt Johnson, Victor Atkins, Irvin Mayfield,

Leah Chase, Wes Anderson, Herman Ernest, Michael Pellera, Bobby Previte, Loren

Pickford, Eric Traub, Cindy Scott, Delfeayo Marsalis, Vadim Neslovskyi, Simon Lott,

Charlie Fardella, Carlos Malta, Brent Rose, Julian Garcia, Eric Robinson, Jeff Albert,

Chris Alford, Mike Clarke, Will Thompson, Mark Diflorio, Brian Prunka,

Paulette Wright Davis, Leigh “Lil Queenie” Harris, Rick Trolsen, Al Belletto, Ray Moore,

Los Calientes del Son, Charlie Dennard, Dave Ellington and Chevere, Wayne Mareau,

Chegadao, Jovino Santos Neto, Marcio Bahia, Andy Bourgeois, Brian Coogan, Rex

Gregory, Oscar Rosignolli, Jamison Ross, Chuck Brackman and Vic Shepperd as well

as symphonic work in regional Orchestras including the Gulf Coast Symphony,

Mobile Symphony, Pensacola Symphony and the Rapides Symphony Orchestra.