Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936) is a German

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

trumpeter.

Career

Schoof was born in

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, Germany. He studied music in

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and

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, where one of his teachers was the big band leader

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

. Schoof performed on Edelhagen's radio program and toured with Gunter Hampel. In late 50s and early-mid 60, Schoof played with drummer

Jaki Liebezeit Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938 – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can. He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral". ...

, the future co-founder of

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band Can. In the 1960s Schoof started a

free jazz Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventi ...

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 Orch ...

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 combinin ...

. 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 ...

'', 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. Hi ...

. He was featured in a profile on composer

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

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) * ''Jazz Meets India'' (SABA, 1967) – with Dewan Motihar Trio,

Irène Schweizer Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941 – 16 July 2024) was a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. Life and career Schweizer was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland on 2 June 1941. She performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as ...

Trio and

Barney Wilen Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 – 25 May 1996) was a French jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. Biography Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. His ...

* ''Manfred Schoof Sextet'' (Wergo, 1967) * '' European Echoes'' (FMP, 1969) * ''Distant Thunder'' (Enja, 1975) – with

Akira Sakata Akira Sakata (born 21 February 1945) is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist. Early life Sakata was born in Hiroshima on 21 February 1945. He first heard jazz on short-wave radio and Voice of America, then became more interested in it from listening ...

, Yosuke Yamashita and

Takeo Moriyama is a Japanese jazz drummer. Moriyama played piano as a child before switching to drums in his late teens. He then attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, taking a degree in percussion performance. He joined Yosuke Yamashita's small group in 1 ...

* ''Scales'' (ECM, 1976) * ''Light Lines'' (Japo, 1978) * ''The Early Quintet'' (FMP, 1978) * ''Horns'' (FMP, 1979) – with Gunter Christmann,

Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics. Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...

, Paul Rutherford and

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, Order of Canada, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he w ...

* ''Horizons'' (Japo, 1980) * ''Mal Waldron/Manfred Schoof'' (Amiga, 1980) – with

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 ...

* ''Reflections'' (Mood, 1984) * ''Power Station'' (UBM, 1984) * ''Meditation'' (UBM, 1987) * ''Shadows & Smiles'' (Wergo, 1989) – with

Rainer Brüninghaus Rainer Brüninghaus (born 21 November 1949) is a German jazz pianist, composer and university teacher. Career He was born in Bad Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany. Rainer Brüninghaus was educated in classical piano, playing from the age of nine, a ...

* ''Timebreaker'' (UBM, 1990) * ''Crossroad'' (UBM, 1992)

As sideman

With European Jazz Ensemble * ''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 Gunter Hampel * ''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 and composer of numerous film scores. Biography Early life and composer career Irmin Schmidt was born on 29 May 1937 in Berli ...

* ''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 was ...

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

Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins. After concluding a playing career in the A ...

, '' Actions'' (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 Al ...

'' (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, televi ...

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

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

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

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

Stan Getz Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; 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 wis ...

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. ...

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'' (Verve, 1971) *

, ''Albert Mangelsdorff'' (Fabbri Editori, 1981) * George Russell, ''

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature ''Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature'' is a composed work, originally in fourteen movements—or events as they are denoted by the composer—written by jazz arranger George Russell (composer), George Russell in 1968, using new compositi ...

'' (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) *

, '' Hard Talk'' (Enja, 1974) * Mal Waldron, ''

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'' (Enja, 1977) *

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

Tony Oxley Tony Oxley (15 June 1938 – 26 December 2023) was an English free improvisation, free improvising drummer and electronic musician. Born in Sheffield, Oxley moved to London in 1966 and became house drummer at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club where he ...

Quintet, ''Angular Apron'' (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2024)

References

External links

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