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unusual facts about Misha Mengelberg


Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg (* 1935), Dutch jazz pianist and composer, son of Karel Mengelberg


Han Bennink

In 1963 he formed a quartet with pianist Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Piet Noordijk which had a number of different bassists and which played at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival, and in 1967 he was a co-founder of the Instant Composers Pool with Mengelberg and Willem Breuker, which sponsored Dutch avant garde performances.


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