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Double Duo: Crossword Puzzle

by Jerry D'Souza
August 22, 2007

When Angelo Verploegen (trumpet) was invited to organize a concert to be performed at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, he first thought of Misha Mengelberg (piano). Verploegen had long wanted to play with Mengelberg, whom he appropriately calls the godfather of European improvised music. He realized that this would be a stale combination though, as the duo thing with Mingelberg had been done often enough. Verploegen considered alternatives, one of which was to expand the concept. He thought of Natsuki Tamura ...