He was born Misja Mengelberg to a musical family in Kiev, in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. But neither temperament, or the spirit of the times, were steering Mengelberg toward a straight-ahead jazz life. In the 90s, Mengelberg worked with the former Thelonious Monk saxophonist Steve Lacy, and with the saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton on the latter’s Charlie Parker Project in 1993. Mengelberg is survived by Amy, his wife of more than five decades, his daughter, Andrea, and his brother, Kaspar. • Misha Mengelberg, jazz musician, born 5 June 1935; died 3 March 2017

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 13:22 UTC