Azure Miles Records ~ the Music of Michael Robinson
"I enjoyed reading your words. They flowed like good music does." - Marty Morell "Your words and music essay is BRILLIANT and thought provoking. You, Paul Desmond and Roger Ruggeri, former principal bassist with the Milwaukee Symphony as well as wonderful composer and arts administrator are top members of my HIGH I.Q. Club."- David Amram Special thanks to Joel Chadabe for suggesting writing liner notes for my albums, expanded to addressing myriad musical subjects.
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2018
Melody of Rhythm: Ravi and Dmitri
From A Danish Princess to Winter Fantasy
And Now She's In Me, Always With Me
Blue Rainbow Art appearing in textura
2017
Out of the Wilderness: David Amram Leads
written for Music and the Earth
Meruvina: Composition and Performance Coalesce
Climbing Rocks and Colored Stones
Exemplars from Konitz and Tristano by Way of India
John Lennon's Musical Intuition
2016
Priceless Musical Gems: Emile, Ikutaro, Nolan, Alex and Al
Refracting Musical Light Through Time and Place
A Musical Hypothesis: Liberace and Bill Evans
Our Collective Solitude and Beyond
Shakti's Chanteuse: Joni Mitchell
Nautical Moccasin Elusive Blues
Thoughts So Sublime: Helen Vendler Invents
Keeping the History of Jazz Real
Phantom Puppet Poetry: Vladimir's Vicissitudes
Two Not One and Sacking A Miscue
Astonishing Auditory Auteur: Silence Is Emboldened
Steph Curry, the Prophet of Basketball
Songs by a Malibu Musician Saint
2015
for tangerines and oranges and mangos
Luminous Ecstasy: the Music of Bill Evans
When a Negative Brews a Positive
Painting Raga Composition Junction
Rapturous Resonance: Phil Lives
Janis Joplin and the Houseguest
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Unsentimentally
Manhattan Smoke and Miracle Mile Incense
Six Seas: Conlon, Charles, Claude, Charlie, Chick and Chirico
Mesmeric Mantra Enchants Even Ravens
Sinatra and Shiva: Unexpected Connections Abound in Music
Deploying Energy: About Composition
Pristine Atmospheres: the Music of Dizzy Gillespie
Land of Pancakes: Walking Miracle Mile and More
Finding Nazir: The Precious Generosity of Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
2014
White Jade Floating: Time in Music
Into a Newborn Day: Words Inspiring Jazz
You Say Hindustani I Say North Indian - Let's Call the Whole Thing woOff and warp
Silhouetted by the Sea: Bob Dylan in Mississippi
Transcendental Consolidation: The Music of Stan Getz
Indian Summer in Forests of Azure: Time and Thyme with Ray Manzarek
Two of a Kind: Bob Dylan and Charlie Parker
2013
Bird and DIzzy's Music Blitzkrieg: the Influence of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Lips and Music Wed: Songstress Judy Collins
Reconstructing Ratzo's Reflexivity
Seraphic Surge: Conguero Poncho Sanchez
Batiked by an Apsara: Catharine Buchanan
That Rhythm Dance You Into Sunlight: The Music of Michael Jackson
Conflagrating Rag and Tal: Jackie McLean and Jack DeJohnette
Ethereal Ebony: The Majesty of Red Garland
Human Counterpoint: The Music of NBA Basketball
Advocating Ad: The Paintings of Ad Reinhardt
Lee and Leonard: Konitz Figures In Bernstein's West Side Story
2012
East West Side Story: Ravi Shankar and Leonard Bernstein
Wellspring of Joy: Rollan Masciarelli
Light the night: The Music of Laura Nyro
Mellifluous Marv: Homage to Marv Albert
The Preeminence of Winter: Johnny Winter
Three Suns: Swapan. Anindo and Zakir
2011
The Search For A New Instrument
2010
Michael Robinson, John Cage and Digital Music
Saptaka Sea: Sailing In The Melakartas of Karnatica
Sam Cooke: The Mystery of the Beatles' Musical Origin Solved
2007
2004
Meruvina: Composition and Performance Coalesce
2003
Shivkumar Sharma: Spiritual High
2002
Charukeshi In Lahaina: An Evening With George Harrison
Pandit Jasraj: The Perfect Notes
Zakir Hussain: The Instrument Is Alive
Composing With the Raga Form and Technology
2001
Ali Ahmad Hussain: Weaving A Cosmic Rug
2000
1998
Shivkumar Sharma: Painting With Mallets and Strings
Lee Konitz: The Miracle of Improvising
1997