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Misha Mengelberg 5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017 Was A Dutch Jazz Pianist And Composer. He Won The Gaudeamus International Composers Award In 1961. Mengelberg Was Born In Kiev Ukraine The Son Of The Dutch Conductor Karel Mengelberg Who Was Himself The Nephew Of The Conductor Willem Mengelberg. His Family Moved Back To The Netherlands In The Late 1930s And The Young Mengelberg Began Learning The Piano At Age Five Mengelberg Briefly Studied Architecture Before Entering The Royal Conservatory In The Hague Where He Studied Music From 1958 To 1964. While There He Won The First Prize At A Jazz Festival In Loosdrecht And Became Associated With Fluxus. His Early Influences Included Thelonious Monk Duke Ellington And John Cage Whom He Heard Lecture At Darmstadt. Mengelberg's First Appearance On Record Was On Eric Dolphy's Last Album Last Date 1964 . Also On That Record Was The Drummer Han Bennink And The Two Of Them Together With Piet Noordijk Formed A Quartet Which Had A Number Of Different Bassists And Which Played At The Newport Jazz Festival In 1966. In 1967 He Co-Founded The Instant Composers Pool An Organisation Which Promoted Avant Garde Dutch Jazz Performances And Recordings With Bennink And Willem Breuker. He Was Co-Founder Of STEIM In Amsterdam In 1969. Mengelberg Played With A Large Variety Of Musicians. He Often Performed In A Duo With Fellow Dutchman Bennink With Other Collaborators Including Derek Bailey Peter Brötzmann Evan Parker Anthony Braxton And On The Flip Side Of A Live Recording With Dolphy His Pet Parrot. He Was Also One Of The Earliest Exponents Of The Work Of The Once-Neglected Pianist Herbie Nichols. He Also Wrote Music For Others To Perform Generally Leaving Some Room For Improvisation And Oversaw A Number Of Music Theatre Productions Which Usually Included A Large Element Of Absurdist Humour. A 2006 DVD Release Afijn ICP/Data Is A Primer On Mengelberg's Life And Work Containing An 80-Minute Documentary And Additional Concert Footage. Two Of His Students Were Oscar Van Dillen And Cor Fuhler. Mengelberg Died In Amsterdam On March 3rd 2017. Selected Discography Solo Albums 1979 Pech Onderweg BV Haast 1982 Musica Per 17 Instrumenti / 3 Intermezzi /Omtrent Een Componistenactie Composer's Voice
1994 Impromptus FMP 1997 Misha Mengelberg I Dischi Di Angelica 1997 The Root Of The Problem HatOLOGY 1999 Two Days In Chicago HatOLOGY 2000 Solo Buzz 2005 Senne Sing Song Tzadik Collaborations As Leader 1978 Groupcomposing Instant Composers Pool With Peter Brötzmann Evan Parker Peter Bennink Paul Rutherford Derek Bailey And Han Bennink
1978 Fragments Instant Composers Pool With John Tchicai Han Bennink And Derek Bailey
1985 Change Of Season Music Of Herbie Nichols Soul Note With Steve Lacy George Lewis Arjen Gorter And Han Bennink
1985 On Escalation / 3 Pianopieces / Dialogue / Summer Attacca With Peter Schat Jan Van Vlijmen And Otto Ketting
1991 Dutch Masters Soul Note With Steve Lacy George Lewis Ernst Reyseger And Han Bennink
1994 Who's Bridge Avant With Misha Mengelberg Trio Brad Jones Joey Baron 1997 Live In Holland '97 X-OR With Mats Gustafsson And Gert-Jan Prins
1998 No Idea DIW With Misha Mengelberg Trio Greg Cohen Joey Baron 2001 Four In One Songlines With Misha Mengelberg Quartet Dave Douglas Brad Jones Han Bennink 4 2009 Mill Conundrom With Cor Fuhler And Michiel Scheen
2011 It Won't Be Called Broken Chair Psi With Evan Parker
2013 Lucebert / Jazz & Poetry '65 Uitgeverij Huis Clos With Misha Mengelberg / Piet Noordijk Kwartet Han Bennink Rob Langereis 2014 Nunc! Nemu With Dirk Bell Ryan Carniaux Gerd Dudek Joscha Oetz And Nils Tegen With Eric Dolphy 1964 Last Date Fontana Live Including With Jacques Schols And Han Bennink
1974 Playing Epistrophy June 1 1964 In Eindhoven Holland Instant Composers Pool Including With Jacques Schols And Han Bennink With Han Bennink 1968 Instant Composers Pool Instant Composers Pool Including With John Tchicai
1971 Instant Composers Pool 010 Instant Composers Pool 1972 Een Mirakelse Tocht Door Het Scharrebroekse No. 1-6 Instant Composers Pool 1974 EinePartieTischtennis FMP Instant Composers Pool Live
1975 Coincidents Stichting ICP Geluidsdragers Instant Composers Pool 1978 Midwoud 77 Instant Composers Pool 1979 A European Proposal Live In Cremona Horo Including With Paul Rutherford And Mario Schiano
1982 Bennink Mengelberg Instant Composers Pool 1994 Mix Instant Composers Pool 1996 The Instant Composers Pool 30 Years Instant Composers Pool 1998 MiHa Instant Composers Pool 2004 Senne Sing Song Tzadik With Louis Andriessen 1969 Reconstructie STEIM Including With Hugo Claus Reinbert De Leeuw Harry Mulisch Peter Schat And Jan Van Vlijmen With ICP Orchestra 1979 Live In Soncino Instant Composers Pool AD LIB 1982 Japan Japon Instant Composers Pool 1984 Extension Red White & Blue Instant Composers Pool 1987 Two Programs Performs Herbie Nichols And Thelonious Monk Instant Composers Pool 1990 Bospaadje Konijnehol I Instant Composers Pool 1991 Bospaadje Konijnehol II Instant Composers Pool 1999 Jubilee Varia HatOLOGY 2001 Oh My Dog Instant Composers Pool 2004 Aan & Uit Instant Composers Pool 2006 Weer Is Een Dag Voorbij Instant Composers Pool 2009 Live At The Bimhuis Instant Composers Pool 2010 !ICP! 50 Instant Composers Pool 2010 ICP Orchestra Instant Composers Pool 2014 East Of The Sun Instant Composers Pool 2015 Misha Enzovoort Instant Composers Pool 2016 Restless In Pieces Instant Composers Pool With Peter Brötzmann 1979 3 Points And A Mountain FMP Including With Han Bennink With Dudu Pukwana 1979 Yi Yole Instant Composers Pool Including With Han Bennink With Keshavan Maslak 1980 Humanplexity Leo Including With Han Bennink With Roswell Rudd 1983 Regeneration Soul Note Including With Steve Lacy Kent Carter And Han Bennink With Pino Minafra 1987 Tropic Of The Mounted Sea Chicken Splasc H Including With Michele Lomuto Han Bennink And Unknown Artist With Steve Lacy 1996 Five Facings FMP Including With Marilyn Crispell Ulrich Gumpert Fred Van Hove Vladimir Miller With Yuri Honing 1998 Playing Jazz In Motion 2000 Lively Buzz Including With Ernst Reijseger With Paul Termos 2003 Termos Sessions Volume I X-OR Bimhuis With Benjamin Herman 2004 Heterogenity X-OR Bimhuis Featuring Bert Joris With Alessandra Patrucco 2006 Circus Instant Composers Pool Including With Tristan Honsinger Ab Baars And Han Bennink With Frank Gratkowski 2006 Frank Gratkowski Vis-À-Vis Misha Mengelberg Leo With Ab Baars 2009 Sliptong Wig Including With Ig Henneman Biography Courtesy Of BV Haast Amsterdam NL Misha Mengelberg Was Born In Kiev In 1935 - The Son Of A Dutch Composer/conductor/pianist And A German Harpist - But Is A Lifelong Resident Of Amsterdam Where He Teaches Counterpoint At The Sweelinck Conservatory. He Wrote His First Piece For Piano At Age Four And Has Been Composing Pretty Much Ever Since In The Jazz And Classical Fields. Crucial Early Influences Include Jazz Pianists Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols The Composer John Cage Whom He Heard Lecture At Darmstadt In 1958 And The Absurd-Art Movement Fluxus With Which He Was Involved In The 1960s. Mengelberg Graduated From The Royal Conservatory In The Hague In 1964. The Same Year He Made His First Issued Recording Eric Dolphy’s “Last Date“. That Album Also Features Drummer Han Bennink With Whom Misha Has Had A Longstanding Duo. In 1966 Mengelberg’s Quartet Appeared At The Newport Jazz Festival In The USA. The Following Year Mengelberg Bennink And Willem Breuker Founded The Instant Composers Pool A Landmark In The Development Of An Independent Dutch Improvised Music Which Draws On Jazz But Does Not Restrict Itself To Any One Style Or Aesthetic. By The Time Of Its 30th Anniversary In 1997 ICP Records Was The Longest – Running Musician-Owned Label In Improvised Music . In The Same Period He Wrote Several “game Pieces“ For Musicians Notably “Hello! Windyboys“ 1968 Over A Decade Before Such Gaming Became Common. In The 1970s Mengelberg Was Artistic Director Of The Electronic Music Workshop STEIM Studio For Electro-Instrumental Music Served As First Chairman Of The Dutch Improvising Musicians’ Union BIM And Began Leading The Instant Composer's Pool Orchestra. He Also Recorded In Trios With Bennink And Either South African Saxophonist Dudu Pukwana Or German Reed Player Peter Brozmann And In Duet With Is Wife’s Parrot Eeko. Along With Breuker Mengelberg Is Largely Responsible For The Creation Of Dutch “music Theatre“ Which Contains Heavy Doses Of Absurdity And Improvisation Musical And Theatrical. In The ‘80s Mengelberg Presented Many Music Theatre Productions And Embarked On Repertory Projects Exploring The Music Of Herbie Nichols Thelenious Monk And Duke Ellington With ICP Documented On Their CDs “Two Programs - The ICP Orchestra Performs Nichols-Monk“ And “Bospaadje Konijnehol I” Both On The ICP Label And Quintets With Bennink And Saxophonist Steve Lacy Heard On The Albums “Regeneration“ And “Change Of Season“ Soul Note . His Recordings In The ‘90s Include Two Acclaimed Trio CDs Taped In New York With Drummer Joey Baron “Who’s Bridge“ Avant And “No Idea“ DIW The Solo Piano Recital “Mix“ ICP And A Duo Recording With Bennink “MiHA“ Both On ICP And “Jubilee Varia” A 1997 Recording By The ICP Orchestra HatOLOGY . He Also Participated With Improvised Meetings With Various European And American Musicians For Several Labels. Mengelbergs’s Many Compositions For Reading Musicians Include “3 Pianopieces“ 1961 And “In Memorium Hans Van Zweeden“ 1964 - Early Minimalism From His Fluxus Years For Solo Piano “Dressoir“ 1977 For The Wind Orchestra De Volharding “Rokus De Veldmuis“ For The Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Hoketus 1983 And “To A Deaf Man’s Ears” A 1996 Cantata Scripted By Dutch Writer J. Bernlef. His Orchestral Compositions Include “With Well-Kind Regards From The Camel“ 1974 “3 Intermezzi“ 1981 “Zeekip Ahoy“ 1984 And “Beestebeest Versus Hertie“ 1995 . “Onderweg“ 1973 And His 1980 Saxophone Concerto Played By Ed Boogaard Can Be Heard On The CD “Misha Mengelberg“ Pierrot Lunaire/Associazione Di Idee Recorded By The Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna Cond. Ernst Van Tiel. Mengelberg Continues To Lead The ICP Orchestra Usually An Octet With German Trumpeter Thomas Heberer And The Cream Of Musicians Based In Holland Drummer Bennink Reedists Ab Baars And Michael Moore Trombonist Wolter Wierbos Cellist Tristan Honsinger And Bassist Ernst Glerum. That Band Serves As A Forum For All Mengelberg’s Interests Composition Improvisation Conducted Improvisation And Music Theatre read less