AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)
This feature-length documentary chronicles the life and playful methods of Dutch pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg, a significant figure in post-WWII European Jazz and free improvisation. Archival footage, rehearsal / performance sequences and interviews with both Mengelberg (the "godfather of Dutch improvised music") and key collaborators provide a clear insight in Mengelberg's original way of thinking and way of working.
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This feature-length documentary chronicles the life and playful methods of Dutch pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg, a significant figure in post-WWII European Jazz and free improvisation. Archival footage, rehearsal / performance sequences and interviews with both Mengelberg (the "godfather of Dutch improvised music") and key collaborators provide a clear insight in Mengelberg's original way of thinking and way of working.
Misha Mengelberg
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Han Bennink
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Wim T. Schippers
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Willem Breuker
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Dave Douglas
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Louis Andriessen
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Ab Baars
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Toby Delius
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Susanna von Canon
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Rik Schipper
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Tomoko Mukaiyama
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Thomas Heberer
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Wolter Wierbos
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Michael Moore
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Mary Oliver
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Tristan Honsinger
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Ernst Glerum
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