- Fred Van Hove was born on February 19, 1937 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. He was a composer, known for Hölle Hamburg (2007), Senso unico (1988) and Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann (2012). He died on January 13, 2022 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium.
- Van Hove collaborated with a number of his fellow Belgian musicians, and in 1996 was given the title of Cultural Ambassador of Flanders by the Belgian government.
- He composed music for film and theatre, and taught local musicians in Berlin.
- He began an association with saxophonist Peter Brötzmann in 1966, playing on his early quartet and sextet recordings including 1968's Machine Gun album, and then as part of a trio with Brötzmann and drummer Han Bennink.
- In the 1960s and 1970s he performed with saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and drummer Han Bennink.
- He was a Belgian jazz musician and a pioneer of European free jazz.
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