Scott Colley

Background

Performance history and highlights

• 1988–89: He performed in U.S. and European tours with Carmen McRae; Dizzy Gillespie; and Clifford Jordan.
• 1990–95: Bands included Jim Hall, John Scofield, Joe Henderson and Art Farmer.
• 1996–98: His work included touring with a group led by Joe Lovano and Jim Hall, Tours with Toots Thielemans; Bobby Hutcherson; and Bob Berg; extensive touring with Andrew Hill's "Another Point of Departure" sextet.
• 2000–04: For five years Colley toured extensively as a member of Herbie Hancock's working trio and two separate quartets at concerts around the world. Hancock's trio has also performed in concert engagements with symphonic orchestras throughout the United States. During that time he also toured extensively with the Andrew Hill trio and sextet, and the Chris Potter Quartet.
• 2005–07: Extensive touring with "Directions in Music", a collaboration with Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and Terri Lyne Carrington; Trio concerts with Pat Metheny; tours with Jim Hall; teaching residencies at The Banff Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Vallekilde Denmark, European and U.S. tours with Chris Potter's Quartet; concerts with Chris Potter and Antonio Sanchez; U.S and European tours with his own trio and quartet.
• 2006-07: Extensive touring with his own quartet and trio. Recordings include projects with Chris Potter; Luciana Souza; Abbey Lincoln; Adam Rogers; Donny McCaslin; two recordings with Kenny Werner; and his own release Architect of the Silent Moment
• 2008–10: Touring with his quartet and trio in the US, Europe and South America; also touring with Edward Simon and Brian Blade; Chris Potter's Underground; The Antonio Sanchez Quartet; Magic Circle ; The David Binney Quartet ; The Kenny Werner Quintet. Teaching residencies in the U.S. and Europe. He worked on numerous recordings, including his seventh CD as a leader, entitled Empire, made up entirely of original compositions, released on the CAM Jazz label during the summer of 2010, featuring Bill Frisell, Ralph Alessi, Brian Blade and Craig Taborn.

  Discography

As leader

• Portable Universe
• Subliminal...
• This Place
• The Magic Line
• Initial Wisdom
• Architect of the Silent Moment
• Empire
• Seven

  As sideman

• Luxury of Guessing
• South

• Guided Tour
• Common Ground

• Currents, Constellations

• Dialogues
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• By Arrangement
• Jim Hall & Basses
• Magic Meeting
• Hemispheres with Bill Frisell

• Imaginary Cities
• Song for Anyone
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• Traveling Mercies
• Gratitude
• This Will Be
• Vertigo
• Concentric Circles

• Still Dreaming

• The Art of the Invisible
• Allegory

• Art & Soul

• Migration
• Live in New York at Jazz Standard

• A Moment's Peace

• Hommage à Eberhard Weber

• Lawn Chair Society – Kenny Werner
• Tangled Up In Blues – Taj Mahal
• Universal Time – Joachim Kuhn
• Lyric – Billy Childs Ensemble
• Falling Up – Geoff Keezer
• North and South – Luciana Souza
• The Way Through – Donny McCaslin
• Forward Motion – Fred Hersch
• Ben Perowski Trio – Ben Perowski
• El Matador – Kevin Hays
• Old School – Peter Epstein
• Transpacifik – Bojan Z
• Les Fleurs Bleues – Stefano Bollani
• Americana – Larry Koonse
• Trio – Brad Shepik
• The Maze – Dave Kikovski
• Diamond in the Rough – Roy Hargrove
• Steppin Zone – Alex Sipiagin
• Souvenir – Bill Charlap
• Regards – Franck Amsallem/Tim Ries
• Imaginary Time – Tim Ries