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.
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Instant Composers Pool
Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra
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Han Bennink
Dutch musician
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Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
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Ernst Reijseger
Dutch musician
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Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
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Willem Breuker
Dutch jazz musician
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Herbie Nichols
American musician
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Michael Moore
American jazz musician
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John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
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Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
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Kevin Whitehead
American author
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Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
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Derek Bailey
British guitarist
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Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
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Mary Oliver
American jazz violonist and composer
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Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
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Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
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Wolter Wierbos
Dutch musician
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George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Fred Van Hove
Belgian musician
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Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
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Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
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Curtis Clark
American musician
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William Parker
American jazz musician
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Evan Parker
English saxophonist
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
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Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
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Michiel Borstlap
Dutch composer
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Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
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Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
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The Ex
Dutch underground band
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Keshavan Maslak
American musician
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Ab Baars
Dutch tenor saxophonoist and clarinetist
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Cor Fuhler
Dutch musician
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Hamid Drake
American musician
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Aki Takase
Japanese musician
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Vinny Golia
American musician
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Ellery Eskelin
musician
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Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Beaver Harris
American musician
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Fay Victor
musical artist
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Franz Koglmann
Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer
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Erik van der Luijt
Dutch musician
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Steve Beresford
English musician
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Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
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Michiel Braam
Dutch composer
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Tony Coe
British jazz musician
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Alan Silva
American musician
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Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer