Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936)[1] is a German jazz trumpeter.
Manfred Schoof | |
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Background information | |
Born | Magdeburg, Germany | 6 April 1936
Genres | Jazz, free jazz, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | FMP, Wergo |
Schoof was born in Magdeburg, Germany,[1] and studied music in Kassel and Cologne, where one of his teachers of the big band leader Kurt Edelhagen.[2] Schoof performed on Edelhagen's radio program and toured with Gunter Hampel.[2] In the 1960s he started a free jazz band with Alexander von Schlippenbach and Gerd Dudek which became the basis for Manfred Schoof Orchestra.[2] From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of the George Russell Orchestra.[2] He has also worked with Jasper Van't Hof and the Globe Unity Orchestra.[2] He composed classical music for Berlin Philharmonic.[2] His group has participated in performances of Die Soldaten, an operatic work by the contemporary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann.[3] He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams' [4]
Since 2007 he has been chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.[5]
With George Gruntz
With Gunter Hampel
With Irmin Schmidt
With Jasper van 't Hof
With Alexander von Schlippenbach
With others