Jazz Articles about Fred Van Hove

Fred Van Hove: Passing Waves

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 1999

Legendary Belgian free-jazz pianist Fred Van Hove launches the newly formed NUSCOPE label with an extraordinary display of solo piano pieces performed on the Baldwin SD-10 piano. As Mr. Van Hove mentions in the liners “Most of these titles are wordplays or phrases that came to my attention during my trips to the U.S, but I think that they fit the different musical pieces as well”. Fred Van Hove wields his way through a tour-de-force of inspirationally derived tunes that ...