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AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)

AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)

Release: 2006-01-01 ·Runtime: 77m
Documentary Music

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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Netherlands

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