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Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. A prominent figure in post-WWII European Jazz, Mengelberg is known for his forays into free improvisation , for bringing humor into his music, and as a leading interpreter of songs by fellow pianists Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols .
Misha Mengelberg was a bundle of paradoxes, a conservatory-trained composer who played oddball jazz piano and a seemingly disorganized man who helped Dutch improvisers get government support ...
Mar 9, 2017 · Mengelberg is survived by Amy, his wife of more than five decades, his daughter, Andrea, and his brother, Kaspar. Misha Mengelberg, jazz musician, born 5 June 1935; died 3 March 2017 Explore more ...
Biography. A major figure in Dutch, European and global jazz and improvised music for half a century, Misha Mengelberg was born in 1935 (in Kyiv), and began composing and improvising at the piano as a child in Amsterdam. At the Hague’s Royal Conservatory from 1958 to 1964, he became lifelong friends with fellow student Louis Andriessen.
Mar 14, 2017 · Misha Mengelberg, a Dutch pianist and composer who approached the jazz tradition with an adventurous spirit and an antic sense of humor, died on March 3 in Amsterdam.He was 81. His death was ...
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Mar 3, 2017 · Misha Mengelberg (1935–2017) Pianist Misha Mengelberg, a towering figure in the world of free-jazz, died in Amsterdam on March 3. He was 81. Early in his career, Mengelberg performed with reedist Eric Dolphy (1928–’64) on June 2, 1964—a performance that was released under the title Last Date following Dolphy’s death.
May 24, 2005 · Misha Mengelberg is one of the truly rare voices in improvised music, for he has added so much to the conceptualization of what makes jazz and improvisation tick, a semantic understanding of the music, yet has also cut to the core of the personality that the music has and requires. Mengelberg often uses the word "amusing to describe what music ...
