AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)
- Released on
- Runtime
- 77 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Misha Mengelberg
- Han Bennink
- Wim T. Schippers
- Willem Breuker
- Dave Douglas
- Louis Andriessen
- Ab Baars
- Toby Delius
- Susanna von Canon
- Rik Schipper
- Tomoko Mukaiyama
- Thomas Heberer
- Wolter Wierbos
- Michael Moore
- Mary Oliver
- Tristan Honsinger
- Ernst Glerum
Director
- Jellie Dekker
