AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)
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.
- genus: Documentary, Music
- Studio: Datarecords
- keyword: fluxus, jazz singer or musician, netherlands, biography, music history, free jazz, dutch
- cast: Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink, Wim T. Schippers, Willem Breuker, Dave Douglas, Louis Andriessen
