Jazz Articles about Fred Van Hove/ Shih-Yang Lee

Fred Van Hove/ Shih-Yang Lee: Galactic Alignment

by Mark Corroto
February 9, 2014

Imagine what is was like when man first discovered fire. Fire! How his life changed, his dinner could be cooked, and soon after that (in the history of the universe terms) he was playing video games. Same could be said for the first musician to improvise. Next came New Orleans jazz, which could be documented by the wax cylinders, then shellac, vinyl, and today digital. That sound of American jazz traveled to Europe, and in the 1960s fire ...