# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-colley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:18:09.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-colley"
name: "Scott Colley"
slug: "scott-colley"
description: "Scott Colley is an American jazz double bassist and composer. As of 2024, he had been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards, including Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Guided Tour in 2014 and Still Dreaming in 2019. During his career, he has toured, recorded, and played with musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, Carmen McRae, Chris Potter, Julian Lage, Brian Blade, and Pat Metheny."
tagline: "American jazz bassist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scott_Colley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             13.33333333333333
  historical:           7.014868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/scottcolleymusic/"
    handle:    "scottcolleymusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2xXlVRnJO7vxdGV8Z2nWjb"
    handle:    "2xXlVRnJO7vxdGV8Z2nWjb"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://scottcolley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/257435"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "سكوت كولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "سكوت كولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Colley"
    title: "Scott Colley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Colley"
    title: "Scott Colley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Colley"
    title: "Scott Colley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Colley"
    title: "Scott Colley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0007fd67-d066-4372-a335-bd60e78c0a1c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump