Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series
Piano Improvisations by Michael Robinson
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Mattataal Caravan: Nine New Solo Piano albums!
"Robinson continues to invent new forms of musical expression" (All About Jazz, April 2023)
Not Like Before: Michael Robinson's Jazz Without Borders (All About Jazz, March 2023)
"Robinson and Zigmund demonstrate impeccable synergy... " (All About Jazz, January 2023)
"...Robinson operates on the threshold of fluidity and structure..." (All About Jazz, January 2022)
"A mix of originals and radically reimagined standards..." (All About Jazz, July 2021)
Standards Proving To Be A Jazz Phoenix
Prismatizing Standards with Jazz and Raga Amalgams, Polymodality and Equal Temperament Tuning
Gatra Vina Presaging Pianoforte
Riding Planets and Star Clusters
Approaching What May Be Daunting
The Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series represents an unexpected yet welome development. While my compositions and performances for meruvina are my primary music, these piano improvisations show another side of me. When I first learned how Bill Evans refused to divulge his pianistic secrets to another player because he feared this would deprive that person of the enormously pleasurable (and perilous!) experience of developing a personal approach, I thought it was an excuse, and Bill was being miserly. Now, that impression has changed drastically. All it really takes is to actually spend consistent time playing the piano, together with nurturing one's musical spirit and knowledge through listening to and studying music with creative substance, to see that Evans was not joking. Most recently, the influence of Lennie Tristano, the teacher of my primary jazz teacher, Lee Konitz, arose spontaneously without any conscious premeditation. Jocelyn, in her nineties, and owning an Steinway grand over a hundred years old, is the person who first asked me to play standards for her once a week, a custom that began my pianistic explorations, including her most kind encouragement. I've only played standards for her, this being her favorite music. Sometimes she sings along and often taps. While meruvina composition and performance remains my primary musical avenue, improvising on the piano is engaging, too. Now, for the first time since childhood and teenage years, I actually have a keyboard at home. Over Chicken Soup details some of my earlier piano playing. The first two paragraphs here are taken from Thank You Bill and Jocelyn.
Above the World (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 39
Summer Skies (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 40
Passion Eyes (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 41
April Bright (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 42
Summer Kisses (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 43
Across The Sands (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 44
Dark Is the Sky (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 45
A Thousand Things (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 46
Soul To Soul (2023) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 47
Duet recording with Anindo Chatterjee Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 35
Duet recording with Anindo Chatterjee Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 36
Duet recording with Anindo Chatterjee Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 37
Duet recording with Anindo Chatterjee Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 38
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 27
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 28
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 29
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 30
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 31
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 32
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 33
Duet recording with Eliot Zigmund Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 34
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Gazing Down (2022) new release! Azure Miles Records Piano Improvisation Series 24
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- Michael Robinson, Los Angeles
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