Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936) is a German

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trumpeter.

Career

Schoof was born in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

, Germany, and studied music in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

and

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, where one of his teachers of the big band leader

Kurt Edelhagen Kurt Edelhagen (born 5 June 1920 – 8 February 1982) was a German big band leader. He was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Edelhagen studied conducting and piano in Essen. In 1945, he started a trio, then a big band a year later. ...

. Schoof performed on Edelhagen's radio program and toured with

Gunter Hampel Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937) is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to free jazz in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with Jeanne Lee, ...

. In the 1960s he started a

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band with

Alexander von Schlippenbach Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchest ...

and

Gerd Dudek Gerhard Rochus "Gerd" Dudek (28 September 1938 – 3 November 2022) was a German jazz Tenor saxophone, tenor and Soprano saxophone, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist. Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the ...

which became the basis for Manfred Schoof Orchestra. From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of the George Russell Orchestra. He has also worked with

Jasper Van't Hof Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 was ...

and the

Globe Unity Orchestra The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble. Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival. It had its debut at the Berliner Philharmonie on 3 November combini ...

. He composed classical music for

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. His group has participated in performances of ''

Die Soldaten ' (''The Soldiers'') is a four-act opera in German by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, based on the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. In a letter accompanying his newly printed play (23 July 1776, aged 24) that he sent to his best friend, the Ge ...

'', an operatic work by the

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composer

Bernd Alois Zimmermann Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ''Die Soldaten'', which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. As a ...

. He was featured in a profile on composer

Graham Collier James Graham Collier (21 February 1937 – 9 September 2011) was an English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer. Life and career Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, on leaving school Collier joined the British Army as a musician, ...

in the 1985

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documentary 'Hoarded Dreams' Since 2007 he has been chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in

since 1990.

Discography

As leader

* ''Voices'' (CBS, 1966) * ''Manfred Schoof Sextet'' (Wergo, 1967) * ''European Echoes'' (FMP, 1969) * ''Distant Thunder'' (Enja, 1975) * ''Scales'' (ECM, 1976) * ''Light Lines'' (Japo, 1978) * ''The Early Quintet'' (FMP, 1978) * ''Horns'' with Gunter Christmann, Albert Mangelsdorff (FMP, 1979) * ''Horizons'' (Japo, 1980) * ''Mal Waldron/Manfred Schoof'' (Amiga, 1980) * ''Reflections'' (Mood, 1984) * ''Power Station'' (UBM, 1984) * ''Meditation'' (UBM, 1987) * ''Shadows & Smiles'' (Wergo, 1989) * ''Timebreaker'' (UBM, 1990) * ''Crossroad'' (UBM, 1992)

As sideman

With

European Jazz Ensemble The European Jazz Ensemble is an ensemble of jazz musicians. History Formed in 1976. The original members comprised the quintet of Alan Skidmore, Leszek Zadlo, Gerd Dudek, Alfred "Ali" Haurand and Pierre Courbois. After 1982 three of the members ...

* ''Live'' (Konnex, 1988) * ''At the Philharmonic Cologne'' (MA Music, 1989) * ''Meets the Khan Family'' (MA Music, 1992) * ''20th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 1997) * ''30th Anniversary Tour 2006'' (Konnex, 2009) With

* ''Live in Wuppertal'' (FMP, 1973) * ''Der Alte Mann Bricht...Sein Schweigen'' (FMP, 1974) * ''Bavarian Calypso/Good Bye'' (FMP, 1975) * ''Pearls'' (FMP, 1977) * ''Improvisations'' (Japo, 1978) * ''Hamburg '74'' (FMP, 1979) * ''Compositions'' (Japo, 1980) * ''Globe Unity 2002'' (Intakt, 2003) * ''Baden-Baden '75'' (FMP, 2011) With

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

* ''Happening Now!'' (Hat ART, 1988) * '' First Prize'' (Enja, 1989) * ''Renaissance Man'' (TCB, 2002) With

* ''Heartplants'' (SABA, 1965) * ''Transformation'' (Birth, 1976) * ''Jubilation'' (Birth, 1983) * ''Legendary: The 27th of May 1997'' (Birth, 1998) * ''Live at Berlin Philharmonic Hall'' (Birth, 2014) With

Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can (band), Can. Biography Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany, began his studies in music at the conservatorium in Dortmund, at t ...

* ''Filmmusik Vol. 2'' (Spoon, 1981) * ''Filmmusik Vol. 3 & 4'' (Spoon, 1983) * ''Rote Erde'' (Teldec, 1983) * ''Musk at Dusk'' (WEA, 1987) With

Jasper van 't Hof Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 wa ...

* ''Pili-Pili'' (Keytone, 1984) * ''Hoomba-Hoomba'' (Virgin, 1985) * ''Jakko'' (Jaro, 1987) With

* ''Globe Unity'' (SABA, 1967) * ''The Living Music'' (Quasar, 1969) * ''Globe Unity 67 & 70'' (Atavistic, 2001) * ''Globe Unity 40 Years'' (Intakt, 2007) * ''Blue Hawk'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) * ''Globe Unity 50 Years'' (Intakt, 2018) With others *

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, ''In a State of Undress'' (FMP, 1989) *

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, ''

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'' (Philips, 1971) *

, ''

Hoarded Dreams ''Hoarded Dreams'' is a live album by bassist/composer Graham Collier featuring a composition commissioned for the Bracknell Jazz Festival by the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1983 and released on the Cuneiform label in 2007. Reception All ...

'' (Cuneiform, 2007) *

Wolfgang Dauner Wolfgang Dauner (; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He worked with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel and Ack van Rooyen and composed for radio, tel ...

, ''80 Jahre Das Jubilaumskonzert'' (Timba, 2017) *

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

, ''Live at Montreux'' (Warner 1991) *

Gabi Delgado-López Gabriel Delgado-López (18 April 1958 – 22 March 2020), commonly known as Gabi Delgado, was a Spanish-born German composer, lyricist and producer, best known as singer and co-founder, with Robert Görl, of the German electronic band Deutsch Am ...

, ''Mistress'' (Virgin, 1982) *

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, ''Instinctive Traveler'' (Exil, 1997) *

Stan Getz Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of ...

Francy Boland François Boland (6 November 1929 – 12 August 2005) was a classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist. He first gained notice in 1949 and worked with Belgian jazz greats like Bobby Jaspar, and in 1955 he joined Chet Baker's quintet. M ...

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band The Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band was a jazz big band co-led by American drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian pianist François "Francy" Boland. They were one of the most noteworthy jazz big bands formed outside the United States, featuring top ...

, ''

Change of Scenes ''Change of Scenes'' is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, Francy Boland and the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band which was released on the Verve label in 1971.

'' (Verve, 1971) * Albert Mangelsdorff, ''Albert Mangelsdorff'' (Fabbri Editori, 1981) * George Russell, '' Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature'' (Flying Dutchman, 1971) * Gunter Sommer, ''Le Piccole Cose Live at Theater Gutersloh'' (Intuition, 2017) * Gunter Baby Sommer, ''Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009) * Heiner Stadler, ''Retrospection'' (Tomato, 1989) * Fredy Studer, Christy Doran, ''Half a Lifetime'' (Unit, 1994) *

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

, '' Hard Talk'' (Enja, 1974) * Mal Waldron, '' One-Upmanship'' (Enja, 1977) *

, ''Requiem fur Einen Jungen Dichter'' (Wergo, 1989)

References

External links

FMP releases
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