André Goudbeek

Fred Van Hove: WIM FANFARE - Free Music (1975 -1988)

by Fran Kursztejn
October 2, 2025

Parallel to the intrigue and innovation of the music, Jazz is a story of political and economic reorganization. In America, from the days of swing, bebop, and eventually free jazz, the story is repeatedly one of the musicians against the record companies, venues and financiers that seek to control both their wages and their artistic development. This art, beloved and respected globally, but it is also tainted by the legacies of disenfranchisement, ruthless commodification and socioeconomic neglect of even its ...