Scott Kinsey

Scott Kinsey is a keyboardist and member of the band Tribal Tech. He is a 1991 graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Portrait of Scott Kinsey

Career

In addition to playing in Tribal Tech with Scott Henderson and Gary Willis, Kinsey has worked with philanthropist Paul Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Philip Bailey, Bob Belden, Concha Buika, Danny Carey, Jimmy Earl, Bill Evans, Robben Ford, Matt Garrison, Tim Hagans, David Holmes, James Moody, Norrbotten Big Band, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Serj Tankian, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joe Walsh, WDR Big Band, Gary Willis, Torsten de Winkel, Joe Zawinul, and Uncle Moe's Space Ranch with guitarists Brett Garsed and T. J. Helmerich.

Kinsey has produced albums by Philip Bailey (Soul On Jazz), Joe Zawinul (Faces and Places), Tim Hagans (Imagination Animation and ReAnimation) Tribal Tech (TTX, Reality Check, Thick, Rocket Science), Scott Henderson (Dog Party, Tore Down House) Gary Willis (Bent), and James Moody (Homage). His work appeared on the soundtracks to the films Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve Ocean's Thirteen, Code 46, Stander, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Brown Sugar, and Analyze That.

Kinsey was a protégé of Joe Zawinul, the executive producer of the European version of Kinsey's first album, Kinesthetics.

Together with his partner Mer Sal, Kinsey recorded the album Adjustments (2021).

Discography

As leader

• Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix, 2006)
• Near Life Experience (Abstract Logix, 2016)
• No Sleep (Kinesthetic Music, 2017)
• Arc Trio (Blue Canoe, 2018)
• We Speak Luniwaz (Whirlwind, 2019)
• Luniwaz Live - The Music of Joe Zawinul (Whirlwind Recordings 2024)

With Human Element

• Human Element (Abstract Logix, 2010)

With Kurt Rosenwinkel

• Do It 1992 (Heartcore, 2019)[limited edition] – recorded in 1992

With Tribal Tech

• Illicit (Bluemoon, 1992)
• Face First (Bluemoon, 1993)
• Reality Check (Mesa/Bluemoon, 1995)
• Thick (Cream, 1999)
• Rocket Science (ESC, 2000)
• X (Tone Center, 2012)

With Uncle Moe's Space Ranch

• Uncle's Moe's Space Ranch (Tone Center, 2001)
• Moe's Town (Tone Center, 2007)

As sideman

With Bob Belden

• Princejazz (Somethin' Else, 1994)
• Tapestry (Blue Note, 1997)
• Black Dahlia (Blue Note, 2001)

With Tim Hagans

• Animation/Imagination (Blue Note, 1999)
• Re-Animation Live! with Bob Belden (Blue Note, 1999)
• Future Miles (ACT, 2002)

With Scott Henderson

• Dog Party (Mesa, 1994)
• Tore Down House (Mesa/Bluemoon, 1997)
• Well to the Bone (ESC, 2002)

With Gary Willis

• No Sweat (Alchemy, 1996)
• Bent (Alchemy, 1998)
• Larger Than Life (Abstract Logix, 2015)

With others

• Philip Bailey, Soul on Jazz (Heads Up, 2002)
• Jeff Berlin, Taking Notes (Denon, 1997)
• Ranjit Barot, Bada Boom (EMI, 2010)
• Sandeep Chowta, Matters of the Heart (Sony, 2013)
• Jimmy Earl, Renewing Disguises (Severn 2014)
• Jimmy Herring, Lifeboat (Abstract Logix, 2008)
• David Holmes, Presents the Free Association (13 Amp, 2003)
• Robert Hurst, Bob Ya Head (Bebob, 2010)
• Michael Landau, Live (Tone Center, 2006)
• The Manhattan Transfer, The Chick Corea Songbook (4Q, 2009)
• Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Enemies of Energy (Verve, 2000)
• Michael Waldrop, Origin Suite (Origin, 2018)
• Gianfranco Continenza, The Past Inside The Present (ESC Records, ESC 3725)

Sources

• All About Jazz interview
• Kinesthetics Main Page

External links

• Official site
• Scott Kinsey at AllMusic