Scott Kinsey was exposed to all kinds of music and began experimenting on the piano by the age of 4. Scott’s parents are very musical and supportive of the arts and he was always encouraged to study and play music in every capacity at school. He joined his first neighborhood band at age 12 on a Moog Opus 3. Scott continued his formal musical education at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelors of Music Degree in piano performance.

Immediately upon graduating, Scott was imported to Los Angeles by the critically acclaimed electric jazz band Tribal Tech. Within one year Scott was nominated for best new talent in Keyboard Magazine. A feature article ensued in Keyboard Magazine February 1993. In February 1999 Keyboard magazine featured Scott again in a feature Article/Master Class entitled "Jazz with Teeth".

In addition to touring the world with Tribal Tech since 1991, Scott has performed on 18 albums  including four Tribal Tech CD releases: Illicit, Face First, Reality Check and the latest Thick, which he also co-produced. Tribal Tech will resume in the studio March 2000 to record their second album for ESC records.

In addition to playing on Scott Henderson’s first solo album Dog Party, Scott also played and co-produced Henderson’s acclaimed solo blues project Tore Down House which features vocalist Thelma Houston.

Gary Willis has also utilized Scott’s unique musicianship and production skills as keyboardist and co-producer on his solo albums No Sweat and Bent.

Scott, making a rare appearance on Hammond B-3, joined renowned blues guitarist Robben Ford for his 1997 Tiger Walk tour. Later that year he accompanied classical flautist Patrick Gallois on his Vivaldi: The Four Seasons European tour. In addition, Scott traveled throughout Australia with the Gary Willis Band which features the world renowned drummer Dennis Chambers and saxophonist Bob Berg.

Scott’s musical association with multiple Grammy award winner, Bob Belden (who referred to Scott in the liner notes of his 1997 album Shades of Blue as "The synthesist of my generation"), has led to the Blue Note recordings Prince Jazz, Shades of Blue, Strawberry Fields and Tapestry featuring noted jazz artists such as Cassandra Wilson, Tim Hagans, Holly Cole, Greg Osby, Don Alias, Ira Coleman and Billy Kilson.

Scott wrote, produced and mixed the title cut on Tim Hagans' Grammy nominated Blue Note release Animation/Imagination. This album fuses Jazz elements with contributions from noted Drum & Bass programmers DJ Smash, DJ Kingsize and Matthew Backer. 

Kurt Rosenwinkel's January 2000 Verve release, The Enemies of Energy features Scott with saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Ben Street and drummer Jeff Ballard.

Scott is currently working on a col-lead album with Steve Tavaglione, which features performers such as Vinnie Colaiuta, Bob Hurst, Zach Danziger, Cyril Atef and others.

Scott currently endorses Yamaha Digital Instruments, Mackie, Monster Cable, Clavia Nord Synthesizers and Quik-Lok stands and workstations.

March 2000