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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today is Music Advocacy Day! Recording Academy members from across the country are meeting with lawmakers to protect human creativity in the age of AI and ensure music continues to thrive. Add your voice and take action: www.congressweb.com/GRAMMY/91/ #MusicAdvocate

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Best of luck finding a job that pays even better and is more fulfilling.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION: Recording Academy members, thank you FYC of Scott Routenberg Trio Live at Merrimans' Playhouse: Oscar Peterson Tribute. Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Jazz Performance, "Kelly's Blues" Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical www.scottroutenberg.com/fyc #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"From the jump, the trio creates the kind of excitement for which Peterson was renowned, diving into a spirited rendition of "Kelly's Blues." Trained by a Peterson student himself, Routenberg exudes the genial, good-natured boogie of the Canadian jazz giant." -Bob Weinberg, JAZZIZ

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Big thanks to Jeff Hanley @jazzafterhours.bsky.social for featuring "Kelly's Blues" from my album Scott Routenberg Trio Live at Merrimans' Playhouse: Oscar Peterson Tribute on this weekend's playlist! More big album news soon! jazzafterhours.net/playlist/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZomU... #jazzsky

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Kelly's Blues (Live)

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks to Indy’s WICR 88.7 The Diamond for playing The Girl from Ipanema from my 2026 release Scott Routenberg Trio Live at Merrimans’ Playhouse: Oscar Peterson Tribute. Hear the track JAZZ WEEKLY called “glorious…swinging so cool and swaying so gently” below! #jazzsky youtu.be/9QsBVKHMdu8?...

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The Girl from Ipanema (Live)

YouTube video by Scott Routenberg Trio - Topic

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What an incredible night yesterday at The Cabaret for Indy Jazz Fest hearing Grammy-winning vocalist, pianist and composer Nicole Zuraitis with my fellow Recording Academy members Anita Lerche and Joel Styzens! And the hang afterwards with her and Dan Pugach was unforgettable. #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was a blast directing a big band for the first time in 10 years tonight! Ball State Jazz 2 swinging like crazy with Sammy Nestico’s arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown and some of my arrangements of standards like There Will Never Be Another You. Full house! #jazzsky #bigband

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got ggs from #Shortcat after racing with him for an hour this weekend in his “SNES” disguise for a new YouTube video called “Nintendo Walks It Back.” Mission accomplished! #MarioKartWorld #Nintendo #Gaming

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh for sure that would be Ghostbusters on NES

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Last night’s Bruno Mars Romantic Tour concert in Indy! What a crazy production, and sold out with 60,000 people! #brunomars #romantictour

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A musical get together with fellow Recording Academy Class of 2026 member Debra Barsha and my wife Sofia! What an amazing career on Broadway and recording with funk greats like George Clinton!

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

His jazz history text is the standard in my classroom.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dave Brubeck Ray Charles Herbie Hancock Chick Corea (twice) Brad Mehldau McCoy Tyner Wynton Marsalis Pat Metheny Michael Brecker Arturo Sandoval (and played with him at jam sessions in Miami early 2000s)

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

With the great Danish world music vocalist Anita Lerche!

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thanks to Jeff Hanley at Jazz After Hours for including "City Lights" from my album Scott Routenberg Trio Live at Merrimans' Playhouse: Oscar Peterson Tribute on the August 21st Playlist! We are now at 8 months on the airwaves! @jazzafterhours.bsky.social #jazzsky jazzafterhours.net/playlist/

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What we played this week

What we played this week - Jazz After Hours

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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror] @nintendoamericax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Check out this behind-the-scenes look at the performance of "Title Theme" from Mario Kart World, straight from the recording studio! 🎶 Listen now on #NintendoMusic: ninten.do/6016aOI7C

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Please enjoy my commissioned arrangement of Jeremy Monteiro's song From Paris To Segré at violinist Lynnette Seah's recent recital at Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore. Featuring Ng Pei Sian on cello (Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble/Tan Dun). #classicalsky #jazzsky youtu.be/rKMRBVYn9_M?...

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Jeremy Monteiro & Eugene Pao (Arr. Scott Routenberg): From Paris To Segré

YouTube video by Lynnette Seah

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Beginning my 15th year at Ball State University School of Music! Teaching as a faculty member in the jazz department, the music media production department, and the music history department. #academicsky #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you Taylor! The Zelda team really created an amazing proprietary audio engine that hums like a luxury car effortlessly under the hood. And as a jazz pianist and composer I appreciate all the nods to this genre as well.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Might have inadvertently summoned the wrath of the gods by auditioning more than 20 sax players in a row today: #tornado #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Playing arco with good tuning is difficult on bass if you don’t have classical technique and a dual background. Usually it’s like one note at the end of the piece anyway.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just discovered that my arrangement of Monk's "Little Rootie Tootie" was recorded and released by the Metropole Orkest on their album Studio Sessions: Dutch Jazz Jam I (Live) alongside the work of great arrangers like Vince Mendoza and Michael Abene! #jazzsky music.apple.com/us/album/met...

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Metropole Studio Sessions: Dutch Jazz Jam I (Live) by Metropole Orkest on Apple Music

Album · 2021 · 9 Songs

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Photographs from Mark Sheldon’s annual jazz house party last night. ©️ 2026 Mark Sheldon Photography #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Apparently it was a 1000 year flood here in Muncie!

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Had a great time playing at DownBeat photographer Mark Sheldon’s annual jazz house party tonight; my highlight was swinging with saxophonist Todd Williams, of Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center fame! #jazzsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Exclusively For My Friends was my favorite set from my first years of playing. Can still sing along with all the solos (at manageable tempos)

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here’s That Rainy Day for the historic 100 year flood here in Muncie Indiana. #jazzsky #flood

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

An unexpected treat—sitting at the Glenn Gould piano (a Yamaha model CF II) owned by the pianist and used to produce his famous recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, now in permanent residence at Roy Thompson Hall, home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. #classicalsky

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I mapped out how the composers of Zelda: BOTW use jazz theory to create some of the most iconic game music of the 21st century. Check out my 5-min annotated breakdown for my film and game scoring class: #jazzsky #gamemusic #zelda #botw #ludomusicology www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epgo...

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The Hidden Jazz Theory in Zelda: BOTW (A Composer's Analysis)

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

BLTN: I JUST found out that my work as an on-call arranger for the Metropole Orkest's "Tweetphony" project, a real-time, crowdsourced symphonic event, helped contribute to the MO winning a prestigious 2013 Cannes Gold Lion and a Webby Award! #jazzsky #classicalsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQuA...

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@warblefly laat het Metropole Orkest spelen!

YouTube video by Metropole Orkest

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Always loved owning the physical game and admiring it like a work of art. Also, were you playing Mario Kart World today under this name?

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I once blasted Matmos “A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure” driving down South Beach in Miami. Those in the know will recognize the irony.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Commissioned to arrange Jeremy Monteiro’s “From Paris to Segrè” for piano trio for the concert "From My Life: A Violin Recital by Lynnette Seah at Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Aug 19th. Featuring Ng Pei-Sian, Principal Cello, SSO. #jazzsky #classicalsky www.esplanade.com/whats-on/202...

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From My Life: A Violin Recital by Lynette Seah

Lynnette Seah and friends perform her favourite pieces of music from her life

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

For sure. I know you love the old stuff and so do I; for someone of my generation (X) I like to look at my feed and feel like I’m living in the now though. There is definitely room for both types of posts!

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

That’s great, Oren! I’ve found that there is often more engagement here with “check out this old album” posts. Don’t know if that’s a Bluesky thing. Have done Facebook and Twitter in the past and they were worse—going viral for pictures of your breakfast or pets.

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hot take: #jazzsky is inundated with historical album posting and not enough jazz now from the voices of the music today. The community should diversify to make this less of a museum feed. This is coming from a lifelong educator and performer who teaches jazz history. Thoughts?

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thanks to @davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social for spinning my trio album Oscar Peterson Tribute on Just You and Me on Indiana Public Radio Bloomington! The album is still on the JazzWeek charts after 26 weeks. #jazzsky www.ipm.org/show/justyou...

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Just You and Me

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Cool to see that the Scott Routenberg Trio was featured today on Radio Babel in Uruguay alongside some of the biggest names in jazz. This is one of the country’s national public radio stations that features curated jazz playlists. #jazzsky mediospublicos.uy/16-de-julio-5/

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Looking forward to connecting with fellow music professionals, advocating for our industry, and contributing to the upcoming awards season!

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It is an incredible honor to share that I've been accepted into The Recording Academy/Grammy Class of 2026 as a Professional Member! As a composer, educator, and jazz artist, I am incredibly grateful to join this peer-driven community of creators. #RecordingAcademy #IAmTheAcademy #Grammys #jazzsky

Recording Academy's Class of 2026 (Grammy Icon) Scott Routenberg

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Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

About 20 years ago I played a gig at one of his clubs in South Florida and he came in mid song, kind of scowled and walked away. Not a jazz fan. 🤣

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