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Dr.  Scott  Routenberg:  Jazz  Pianist  Bio  

 

Dr.  Scott  Routenberg  is  currently  Assistant  Professor  of  Jazz  Piano  at  Ball  State  University  in  Muncie,  Indiana,  where  he  teaches  applied  jazz  piano,  improvisation,  and  composition  lessons,  jazz  improvisation,  jazz  theory,  jazz  history,  jazz  arranging,  jazz  piano  lab,  and  directs  jazz  combos.  

Born  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  Scott  began  his  jazz  piano  studies  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  inspired  by  his  uncle,  a  pianist  and  vocalist.      His  jazz  piano  teachers  include  Ted  Howe  (former  instructor  at  Berklee  College  of  Music),  Manfredo  Fest  (arranger  and  keyboardist  for  Sergio  Mendes  and  Brazil  '66;  taught  Maria  Schneider),  Dr.  Scott  Warner,  Chip  Crawford,  and  Vince  Maggio  (student  of  Oscar  Peterson).    Though  he  has  played  and  recorded  in  almost  every  traditional  and  modern  jazz  piano  style,  Routenberg  specializes  in  jazz  standards  and  Brazilian  bossa  nova  and  samba.  Some  of  Scott's  jazz  piano  influences  include  Oscar  Peterson,  Bill  Evans,  Chick  Corea,  Herbie  Hancock,  and  Benny  Green.  

Scott  is  the  First  Place  Winner  of  the  2003  Hilton  Head  Jazz  Society  Scholarship,  and  he  was  one  of  the  top  18  pianists  in  the  2006  Thelonious  Monk  International  Jazz  Piano  Competition.        

Jazz  piano  performance  venues  include  the  Montreaux  Jazz  Festival,  Jazz  à  Vienne,  the  North  Sea  Jazz  Festival,  the  Hilton  Head  Jazz  Society,  the  Gainesville  Friends  of  Jazz  and  Blues,  the  Biltmore  Hotel  (Miami),  Sursa  Performance  Hall  (Ball  State  Univesity),  and  numerous  other  club,  restaurant,  hotel,  academic,  and  private  events.    Routenberg  has  performed  with  Mark  Buselli,  Brent  Wallarab,  Kenny  Phelps,  Greg  Artry,  Frank  Smith,  Frank  Glover,  Howard  Levy,  Billy  Contreras,  Arturo  Sandoval,  Jeff  Rupert,  Jack  Wilkins,  Mark  Neuenschwander,  Gary  Keller,  Ira  Sullivan,  John  Michalak,  Alejo  Poveda,  Dale  Powers,  Matt  Bonelli,  Julie  Silvera,  Phil  Doyle,  Scott  Glazer,  Kinah  Boto,  Brandon  Wright,  Troy  Roberts,  John  Brown,  the  North  Carolina  Jazz  Repertory  Orchestra,  the  Naples  Philharmonic  Orchestra,  and  many  more.      

Scott's  critically  acclaimed,  independently  produced  albums  Jazztronicus  (2006)  and  Lots  of  Pulp  (2003)  explore  cutting  edge  jazz-­‐influenced  electro-­‐acoustic  hybrids.  Both  albums  were  recorded,  edited,  mixed  and  mastered  by  Scott  in  his  home  studio,  and  feature  his  playing  on  piano  and  keyboards.      

Among  his  other  graduate  degrees,  Dr.  Routenberg  holds  a  Master  of  Music  in  Jazz  Piano  Performance  (2003)  from  the  internationally  esteemed  jazz  program  at  the  University  of  Miami  Frost  School  of  Music,  where  he  studied  with  Vince  Maggio.