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

Talking shop with pianist Clete Goens at Sweetwater Sound today and having fun playing the blues on some Nords and Hammond keyboards. He is also related to my longtime trio drummer Cassius Goens! Great player and huge hands with effortless Tatum-esque left hand stride.

Celebrating 6 months on the JazzWeek national radio charts for my live trio album Oscar Peterson Tribute on Chroma Note Records! #jazzsky #jazz #OscarPeterson

A real pleasure to play with these fine musicians as a jazz faculty member at Music For All tonight! Trumpeter Bijon Watson, trombonist Jen Krupa, drummer Dennis Crystal and bassist Bethany Robinson. Sponsored by YAMAHA and Sweetwater Sound #jazz #jazzsky

I am obliged to brag about passing 8000 vr in Mario Kart World race, knockout tour, and battle mode, and now passing 8000 for Nintendo’s Global Online Challenge within the first day of the competition. Reflexes still working, gaming since 1980s! #mariokartworld #mariokart #nintendo

5 months later and we're still climbing! 📈 Live at Merrimans’ Playhouse Oscar Peterson Tribute just jumped back up to #169 on the JazzWeek charts. Huge thanks to all the jazz DJs and programmers keeping the music alive on the airwaves. 🎶 🎹 Tap the link in my bio to listen! #jazzsky #jazzradio

A nice photo from my all acoustic gig with the Mark Buselli Trio a couple weeks back #jazzsky

Thanks to Tom Macek at WRRG-FM Chicagoland for spinning my trio album Oscar Peterson Tribute. #jazzsky #Chicagojazz #jazzradio

Thrilled that my trio album is currently #8 on the KALX Berkeley Jazz Chart with some great company (Blue Note, Brad Mehldau, etc)! #jazzsky

Nice swinging gig last night for Art in Bloom at the David Owsley Museum of Art with the Mark Buselli Trio #jazzsky

My trio album was featured again on Desert Island Jazz on WHFC Hartford alongside classic albums by Gil Evans and Red Garland. #jazzsky

Hugh Jackman was an unexpected guest speaker at today’s College of Fine Arts Commencement Ceremony at Ball State University! Some great advice for our grads and kind words for us faculty. The view from the faculty on stage #commencement #academicsky #hughjackman

My trio album Oscar Peterson Tribute has been on the JazzWeek charts for 15 weeks now and I am proud that it has made the JazzWeek 13-Week Jazz Chart (Top 100 total spins over 13 weeks) for 3 weeks now, with over 400 spins. #jazzsky

In the studio today recording a post bop jazz album for saxophonist Quint Johnson. Some really nice originals! #jazzsky

Ball State Jazz Ensembles sold out the show tonight for our video game music tribute concert! Many great student arrangements and awesome playing, including Wario on a burning sax solo and Pauline and the Super Stars! #jazzsky #mariokart #vgm #gamemusic

My office tonight #jazzsky

Clutched 1st with a double dodge in a room full of high 8000 players in Mario Kart World worldwides! #mariokartworld #nintendo #mariokart #switch2

Today is the big film music recording session with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra for my film scoring students! Some great new music being recorded. #academicsky #filmscoring #filmsky

Album update: Scott Routenberg Trio Live at Merrimans' Playhouse Oscar Peterson Tribute (2026 Chroma Note Records) has been in the JazzWeek Top 100 for 9 weeks! #jazzsky #jazz

Wouldn’t you like to geek out with my game music composition class on an analysis of the music from Breath of the Wild? My favorite time of year! #zelda #nintendo #botw #vgm

Early spring flowers in Indiana #spring #flowers

Mario Day #Mar10 happened to line up with a discussion and analysis of 8-bit chiptune music from Super Mario Bros. today in my university class on game music composition! #gamemusic #nintendo @retroblastpod.com

Thanks to Bob Weinberg at JAZZIZ for this incredible album review! “From the jump, the trio creates the kind of excitement for which Peterson was renowned...Routenberg exudes the genial, good-natured boogie of the Canadian jazz giant." #jazzsky jazzizdiscovery.com/scott-routen...

A picture from today’s sold out Brașov Philharmonic concert in Romania! “From Bach to Piazzola,” featuring my Concerto for Jazz Violin. #jazzsky #classicalsky

Happy to see that the Romanian Brașov Philharmonic’s concert “From Bach to Piazzola,” featuring my Concerto for Jazz Violin, is SOLD OUT March 5th! Eugen Ursu, violin solo. #jazzsky #classicalsky

Was not expecting to be in an online Knockout Tour lobby with top Mario Kart player Liam this morning, but that happened #mariokart #mariokartworld #nintendo

Honored to be the opening track this week on the nationally syndicated jazz radio program Jazz After Hours! “These are the artists you’ll be talking about for years to come.” #jazzsky #publicradio @jazzafterhours.bsky.social

From today’s swinging gig with my trio and Indy’s “Musical Mayor” Rob Dixon! #jazzsky

Happy 40th Anniversary to The Legend of Zelda! Some of my vintage Zelda game and collectors items from the late 80s. #Zelda40th

My Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra will be performed March 5 in Romania by the esteemed Brașov Philharmonic with Eugen Ursu (violin solo) on the program "From Bach to Piazzola." Conducted by Marius Hritescu in Sala Patria concert hall. #jazzsky #classicalsky #composer #violin #Romania