Scott Trayer is a bassist, ethnomusicologist and educator. He has earned two degrees from the University of North Texas (B.M., jazz studies, 2000; M.M., jazz studies with ethnomusicology related field, 2006) and has also studied at Manhattan School of Music and the University of New Orleans. He has taught at Longwood University and has held teaching assistantships at the University of North Texas and the University of New Orleans. In 2005, Scott was the recipient of a Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation grant.

Scott's extensive travels as a professional musician have taken him all over the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Part of 2007 was spent touring with Grammy-award nominated singer/songwriter Adrienne Young. He appears on several recent recordings including guitarist Daniel Bruce's 2006 CD "A Single Thread" (NohJoh Music), drummer/composer Joel Fountain's 2006 CD "Saturn Return" (SITMOM Records), and pianist Lenny Marcus's 2007 CD "Deeper Still" (Flat 5 Press & Recording). More recently, he has recorded with jazz pianist Jimmie Landry whose CD is due to be released in early 2008. Scott has also performed with Royce Campbell, Arturo Sandoval, John D'earth, Hod O'brien, Dave Larue, Makoto Ozone, Gunnar Mossblad, Stephanie Nakasian, Johnny Vidacovich, Marchel Ivery, Joe McBride, Stefan Karlsson, and Dave Stryker.

Aside from his professional activities as a bassist and composer/arranger, Scott is also an amateur drummer and saxophonist and also enjoys running—he has competed in marathons across the United States and Canada.

Scott currently resides in Ann Arbor, MI and is active as a freelance bassist and arranger, as a music scholar, and as an educator. He currently works with the University of Michigan's Jazz Combo Program and is researching improvised modern music in Scandinavia.