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Fred Van Hove

Belgian free jazz pianist

From: Antwerp, Belgium
Active: 1937–2022
Releases: 25

free improvisation
free jazz
jazz

About

Fred Van Hove (19 February 1937 – 13 January 2022) was a Belgian jazz musician and a pioneer of European free jazz. He was a pianist, accordionist, church organist, and carillonist, an improviser and a composer. In the 1960s and 1970s he performed with saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and drummer Han Bennink.

From Fred Van Hove on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

The Peter Brötzmann Octet now piano
Quat now piano, accordion
WIM fanfare now
Musica Libera Antverpias now
Bauer‐Nozati‐van Hove Trio now accordion, piano
The Peter Brötzmann Sextet now piano
The Peter Brötzmann Quartet now piano

Discography

Albums 13

EPs 1

Free Jazz und Kinder 1973

Singles 1

Einheitsfrontlied 1973

Live 8

Compilations 2

Links

Listen

Official

fredvanhove.be

Concerts

Buy

iTunes

Reference

Identifiers

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ISNI: 0000000078330510
IPI: 00088249633

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.