Born 1937 - in Antwerp, Belgium - died January 13th Fred Van Hove studied piano, theory and harmony at the Music Academy in Belgium and experimented with several jazz styles and dance music before making the transition to free improvisation with local musicians (Zinzen, Van De Ven and Wanders). He has been a professional free-lance musician since 1964. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.