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	E.J.N. - MISHA MENGELBERG
		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.
		Mengelberg graduated from the Royal Conservatory in the Hague in 1964.
		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.
	www.ejn.it /mus/mengelberg.htm (499 words)

	Misha Mengelberg Quartet, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Acclaimed pianist Misha Mengelberg is the respected leader of the Dutch ensemble ICP Orchestra, yet is equally known for his integral role in the development of the jazz-influenced creative music that sprang up in the Netherlands starting around the 1960s.
		Mengelberg was born in 1935 in Kiev to musical parents -- his mother was a harpist, his father a well-known pianist and conductor -- but his family immigrated to Amsterdam when the political climate around them became hostile toward his outspoken, activist parents.
		Mengelberg was incapable of playing the piano fast (something he has claimed hasn't changed, he simply adapted such limitations into his own style) and his compositions during that time were conceptual, and certainly experimental, which failed to impress his instructors.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11584/11584530.html (1568 words)

	Misha Mengelberg - Biography - AOL Music
		Acclaimed pianist Misha Mengelberg is the respected leader of the Dutch ensemble ICP Orchestra, yet is equally known for his integral role in the development of the jazz-influenced creative music that sprang up in the Netherlands starting around the 1960s.
		Mengelberg was born in 1935 in Kiev to musical parents -- his mother was a harpist, his father a well-known pianist and conductor -- but his family immigrated to Amsterdam when the political climate around them became hostile toward his outspoken, activist parents.
		Mengelberg was incapable of playing the piano fast (something he has claimed hasn't changed, he simply adapted such limitations into his own style) and his compositions during that time were conceptual, and certainly experimental, which failed to impress his instructors.
	music.aol.com /artist/misha-mengelberg/9183/biography (1537 words)

	Misha Mengelberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Misha Mengelberg (born June 5, 1935) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
		He was born in Kiev in Ukraine, the son of the conductor Karel Mengelberg, who was himself the nephew of the conductor Willem Mengelberg.
		Mengelberg has played with a large variety of musicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Misha_Mengelberg (318 words)

	The History of the Instant Composer's Pool Orchestra
		Yes but: Misha says he was thinking of "instant coffee," stuff any serious java drinker (count Misha in: espresso cup rattling in its saucer announces his approach to a stage) recognized as a sham substitute, however aggressively sold.
		Misha was looking for something of his own--or more accurately, players who could do all he now had in mind.
		Misha is very picky about trumpeters, and with so many bad ones around no wonder, but the first time he heard Thomas Heberer at a rehearsal in Berlin, he said, someday I'll find a place for you.
	www.icporchestra.com (1386 words)

	www.jazzweekly.com \| Interviews
		MISHA MENGELBERG: Somewhere in the mid-'50s, I felt that music was about the only category that I seem to have a little talent for.
		MISHA MENGELBERG: My initial impression was listening to his records: a very strong and vital player - that is what I still think.
		MISHA MENGELBERG: Albert Ayler was as I see it one of the last big American improvisers.
	www.jazzweekly.com /interviews/mengelberg.htm (474 words)

	Mengelberg Interview
		Misha Mengelberg was born in Kiev in 1935, where his father Karel, brother of Willem Mengelberg, was a conductor and composer of film music.
		This is the man, after all, who dared record his pet parrot on the flipside of an Eric Dolphy record, and who, when I finally saw him in concert in Paris in 1995, managed to break the piano stool he was sitting on and then use what remained of it to attack the piano.
		Mengelberg, we have other plans.” But I think there was a general understanding that this type of musician had somehow more chances of work.
	paristransatlantic.com /magazine/interviews/mengelberg.html (3338 words)

	Misha Mengelberg: More than Instant Composition
		Mengelberg’s father found Misha a jazz teacher [Kees van Baaren], who instructed the young pianist in stride piano and also modern jazz techniques including the idea that harmonically the bass was not necessarily the starting point, but that to invert the chords was equally important - much like Monk and other bebop pianists were doing.
		In 1967, Mengelberg, Bennink and reedman Willem Breuker formed the Instant Composers Pool, a loose collective of free improvisers rooted in the idea that improvisation is “instant composition”, utilizing one’s existing compositional knowledge to inform improvisation as well as improvisation directing the formation of composition, all in direct physical response to internal and external stimuli.
		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.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=17414 (1289 words)

	The History of Jazz Music. Misha Mengelberg: biography, discography, review, links
		Dutch (Ukrainian-born) pianist Misha Mengelberg (1935) graduated from the conservatory in 1964 after participating in the John Cage-inspired artistic movement Fluxus.
		Mengelberg's music for larger ensembles was permeated by the same absurdist circus-like atmosphere of his duets with Bennink but it augmented it with ambitions worthy of chamber music.
		Mengelberg finally returned to the solo format for the 13 Impromptus (june 1988), another kaleidoscope of madcap proto-folk nonsense, that was followed by Mix (may 1994) and Solo (december 1999).
	www.scaruffi.com /jazz/mengelbe.html (451 words)

	Misha Mengelberg MP3 Downloads - Misha Mengelberg Music Downloads - Misha Mengelberg Music Videos
		This 70th birthday tribute to Dutch pianist Misha Mengelberg opens with a track that appeared on the first album that he appeared on back in 1964, Eric Dolphy's Last Date (there it was entitled...
		Pianist and jazz restructuralist Misha Mengelberg has received much acclaim for everything from his solo performances to his leadership of the Dutch ICP Orchestra, but the small-ensemble recordings...
		Listening to Misha Mengelberg play solo piano is like eavesdropping on a highly subversive mind at work.
	www.mp3.com /misha-mengelberg/artists/6994/songs.html (1262 words)

	CMT.com : Misha Mengelberg : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Acclaimed pianist Misha Mengelberg is the respected leader of the Dutch ensemble ICP
		Orchestra, yet is equally known for his integral role in the development of the jazz-influenced creative music that sprang up in the Netherlands starting around the 1960s.
		Mengelberg and Bennink had a trio with the frequently visiting British saxophonist Evan Parker beginning in 1969, followed by a quartet with reedsman John Tchicai and guitarist Derek Bailey, which toured briefly and recorded two albums between 1970 and 1971.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/mengelberg_misha/bio.jhtml (1522 words)

	Creative Loafing Atlanta
		And at the forefront of this impetus stand ICP founders Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink and Willem Brueker.
		Dolphy hired an Amsterdam group by the name of the Misha Mengelberg Trio for Last Date, which ironically turned out to be one of his final recordings.
		With this "pool" of musicians, Mengelberg's penchant for "instant composition" would mature into a sort of "conducted improvisation," finally bringing his own compositions to the forefront.
	atlanta.creativeloafing.com /gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:7067 (536 words)

	BBC - Jazz Review - Misha Mengelberg Quartet, Four in One
		This is a sprightly romp through some of Dutch pianist Mengelberg's back catalogue, with a sprinkling of his favourite Thelonious Monk tunes for good measure.
		Beautifully recorded on a rare trip to NYC after a weeks engagement at the Iridium, Misha is joined by his long time sparring (or should that be chess?) partner Han Bennink on drums, as well as Americans Brad Jones on bass and Dave Douglas on trumpet.
		Misha is the only one who has been able to take care of the heritage of Thelonious Monk.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/release/vp25 (510 words)

	Misha Mengelberg : Four in One - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		A few scattered free rhythmic episodes aside, Bennink is in nearly straight-ahead mode throughout the disc, curbing the subversions and hijinks he often throws into the ICP mix in favor of a consistent, highly charged swing.
		Mengelberg's idiosyncratic sense of timing, phrasing, and melody are on full display beginning with the opening track, his up-tempo boppish "Hypochristmutreefuzz," originally from the very first recording on which Mengelberg appeared (and a very early one for Bennink too) back in 1964, Eric Dolphy's Last Date.
		His timing here is more spot-on than Mengelberg's, so the trumpeter relies on his continually expanding arsenal of techniques to offer up a slippery solo filled with chromatic runs, wide-interval leaps, and an escalating urgency that ups the energy level right through into the tune's slam-bang finish.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,1595668,00.html (577 words)

	menben.html
		Along with Willem Breuker, Bennink and Mengelberg are the founding members of the Instant Composers Pool (ICP), which has been active for decades as a musicians' organization and record company.
		Mengelberg's adventures in improvisation during the 1960s laid the foundation for today's improvisation scene - and not just in Holland.
		Misha Mengelberg's collaboration with the drummer Han Bennink is a long-term working partnership that has withstood many highs and lows.
	www.muenster.org /cuba/haus/cultur/iim/stage/menben.html (844 words)

	Misha Mengelberg
		With John Tchicai, Misha Mengelberg and Derek Bailey.
		Quartet of Anthony Braxton, Mengelberg, Mark Dresser and Han Bennink.
		DVD on Misha Mengelberg featuring ICP Orchestra and others.
	www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk /musician/mmengel.html (361 words)

	Mengelberg Interview
		Misha Mengelberg was born in Kiev in 1935, where his father Karel, brother of Willem Mengelberg, was a conductor and composer of film music.
		This is the man, after all, who dared record his pet parrot on the flipside of an Eric Dolphy record, and who, when I finally saw him in concert in Paris in 1995, managed to break the piano stool he was sitting on and then use what remained of it to attack the piano.
		Mengelberg, we have other plans.” But I think there was a general understanding that this type of musician had somehow more chances of work.
	www.paristransatlantic.com /magazine/interviews/mengelberg.html (3338 words)

	Reviews of BEANBENDER's Shows
		I suspect there is a logic to it, and it sure sounded interesting to me. This was also the first time I heard Misha before and wow, he truly is an original player, with an eclectic range spanning from ragtime and stride to modern classical.
		Watching Misha keeping a wary eye on the bocci balls that Han was rolling around was a musical highlight.
		Misha makes a great "straight man" to Han's comedic theatrics, with his considerably "swinging" and quite self-consciously undertstated pianism: a concurrence of anti-aesthetic aesthetic "purpose".
	www.plonsey.com /beanbenders/reviews99.html (1082 words)

	Misha Mengelburg Quartet, Four in One
		Misha's tunes run the gamut from boppish scorchers to ballads, raucous, sardonic ditties to blues to a South African kwela, and in this context the Monk tunes underline Misha's particular affinity for his music.
		The godfather of Dutch improvised music, Misha Mengelberg was involved in the absurd-art movement Fluxus in the 60s, debuted on record in '64 on Dolphy's Last Date, and founded the Instant Composer's Pool with Han Bennink and Willem Breuker in 1967.
		Misha Mengelberg's work reminds us that the improvisational impulse jazz unleashed takes many forms, some far from obvious.
	www.songlines.com /fourinone.html (430 words)

	Misha Mengelberg News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		April 3, 2006 ICP Orchestra At: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Friday night Pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink are co-founders of the Dutch musical collective the Instant...
		Saxophonist Tobias Delius is a leading light on the Dutch jazz scene, where freedom and irony have long fueled the work of artists Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg, and Han Bennink.
		At the Stone on Friday night, Misha Mengelberg walked to the piano warily, sat down and broke the silence, grunting "Hoo-ah!" Eugene Chadbourne, fiddling with a banjo, produced a spoon from his breast pocket...
	www.topix.net /who/misha-mengelberg (277 words)

	Misha Mengelberg Quartet - Four In One - Songlines Records - SACD
		Misha Mengelberg Quartet - Four In One - Songlines Records - SACD
		Misha Mengelberg is a Dutch pianist, composer, and according to the notes, a humorist as well.
		In fact, the humor doesn’t stop at the title, though the music is somewhat difficult to classify, I would have to say it is an upbeat form of jazz perhaps mixed in with a bit of “new Dutch Swing,” something else for which Mengelberg is known.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/MengelbergMishaQuartetFourInOneSACD.html (820 words)

	Misha Mengelberg - Two Days in Chicago \| The Mix
		If Thelonious Monk had been born 20 years later in Europe, he may indeed have been Misha Mengelberg.
		No other player/composer/improviser with the exception of Steve Lacy has been able to so completely enter into the harmonic mindset of Monk (and for that matter, the technical genius of his counterpart Herbie Nichols).
		Mengelberg would shun because it is only a part of what he does.
	www.themix.com /album/466083 (121 words)

	Jazz \| JazzTimes Magazine > Reviews > Concert Reviews
		But on May 5 Mengelberg huddled with trombonist George Lewis and bassist Brad Jones, playing an early set of free improvisation (which we missed) and a later, more “structured” set involving the calling of tunes and sometimes the reading of charts.
		Mengelberg caught everyone off guard—perhaps even himself—with the opening hiccups of Monk’s “Criss Cross.” Lewis joined but quickly stumbled, exclaiming, “I forgot it!” But through sheer will and ear-power, he nailed down the twisted melody by the second time through.
		Lewis and Jones were the more fluid chops-wise, but Mengelberg’s conceptual dynamism held each piece together, and the harmony he played under Lewis’s busiest passages was gripping.
	www.jazztimes.com /reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10313 (486 words)

	Earshot :: ICP Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennick, Tobias Delius, Ab Baars, Ernst Glerum, Thomas Herberer, Tristan Honsinger, Michael Moore, Mary Oliver, and Wolter Wierbos
		At the helm is one of the true originals of the art form, pianist Misha Mengelberg.
		He and drummer Han Bennink formed the group in Amsterdam in 1967 in the full throes of the free-jazz movement.
	www.earshot.org /promo_ICP.html (181 words)

	A History of Jazz Music
		Dutch (Ukrainian-born) pianist Misha Mengelberg graduated from the conservatory in 1964 after participating in the John Cage-inspired artistic movement Fluxus.
		Mengelberg also played on and composed for the ICP Tentet's ICP Tentet (april 1977) and Tetterettet (september 1977).
		Breaking up with Mengelberg's concept of "instant composition", Breuker formed the Kollektief (usually a tentet) to perform his compositions, whose recordings typically bridged the swing era and the free era.
	www.scaruffi.com /history/jazz16f.html (7924 words)

	ICP Orchestra: Jubilee Varia ---Ink Blot Magazine
		The group's personnel cohered during the late 1980s and has gigged extensively around Europe throughout the '90s (and in the US, for the first time, in 1999), but this is their first recording since 1991.
		Misha Mengelberg loves to set a great musical idea in motion and, just when things sound best, trip things up by putting a stick in the spokes.
		His band is full of similarly willful personalities; at a recent Chicago concert drummer Han Bennink got up in the middle of a tune and walked up around the audience, hawking records and playing on chairs.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/ICP_Orchestra.htm (250 words)

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