Person · Male
Misha Mengelberg
pianist, improviser, composer, co-founder of ICP
- From
- Kyïv, Netherlands
- Active
- 1935–2017
- Releases
- 38
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- free improvisation
- free jazz
About
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.
Member of
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ICP Orchestra piano
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Misha Mengelberg Trio eponymous, piano
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Misha Mengelberg Quartet eponymous, piano
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Misha Mengelberg & Han Bennink Duo eponymous, piano
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Misha Mengelberg and Dave Douglas Duo eponymous
Discography
Albums
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Instant Composers Pool
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Fragments
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Groupcomposing
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3 Points and a Mountain
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Musica Per 17 Instrumenti / 3 Intermezzi / Omtrent Een Componistenactie
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Regeneration
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Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols)
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Impromptus
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Dutch Masters
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Who's Bridge
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The Root of the Problem Apple Music
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Playing
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Solo Apple Music
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Two Days In Chicago Apple Music
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Senne Sing Song Apple Music
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Afijn
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Sliptong
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Grandpa's Spells
Live
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Berlin Solo 1987
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It Won’t Be Called Broken Chair
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Circus
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Frank Gratkowski Vis-à-vis Misha Mengelberg
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Lively
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Misha Mengelberg
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MiHa
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Live In Holland '97
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Five Facings
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Mix
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Tropic of the Mounted Sea Chicken
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Japan Japon
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Bennink Mengelberg
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Yi Yole
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Pech Onderweg
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Coincidents
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Einepartietischtennis
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Playing: Epistrophy
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Een mirakelse tocht door het Scharrebroekse
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Instant Composers Pool 010
Links
Listen
Concerts
Founder
Also known as
ミシャ・メンゲルベルク
Tags
- jazz and blues
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4f81bb0c-ea29-4671-9224-e55597811340
- ISNI
- 0000000055158041
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.