Scott was born in Bristol (UK) in 1973. After starting his musical journey on the piano when he was six, he went on to play the drums when he was fourteen in his first band "Half Decent" - and that they were!
 
He went on to study the drums with Dave Hassell on a three-year jazz degree course at Leeds College of music. It was here that he met his wife, Ruth, who plays saxophones, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ and sings. They are now based in Bristol and regularly gig all over the UK with The Scott Hammond Quartet and other projects.

Scott is currently touring internationally with Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull frontman) and has recently been touing with Jethro Tull. He has also worked with Ruth Hammond, The Forster-Hammond Trio , Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson , Greg Lake (of ELP fame), Justin Hayward,   The Colman Brothers , Beth Rowley, Ilya, Gilbert O' Sullivan, Brendan Reilly, Tina May, Herb Geller, Bobby Wellins, Alan Barnes, David Newton, Eduardo Niebla, Jonny Boston, James Evans, Dave O' Higgins, Jason Rebello, The Edge (Ben Thomas's project), Tommy Whittle, Paul Dunmar, Jim Watson, Jerry Underwood, Trudy Kerr, Jacqui Hicks, Angie Brown, The Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir , Ian Ballamy, Pee Wee Ellis, Karen Street, Pat McCarthy, The Forster-King Band, Matt Scofield , Speedometer, Kathleen Willison, Kelly Dickson , BJ Cole, The Emerald Ensemble, Dunstan Coulber, Harry Beckett, Phil King, Katya Gorrie, Denny Ilett, Lillian Boutte, James Morton, Sophie Garner, Emma Hutchinson, John Critchinson, Kelly Dickson, Andy Sheppard, Craig Milverton, Simon Spillett ,  Limahl (of Kajagoogoo fame) and many others. Scott has also performed on Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 4 and BBC 2.