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German jazz trumpeter (born 1936)
Manfred Schoof |
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Manfred Schoof in 1984 |
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Born | (1936-04-06) 6 April 1936 (age 88)
Magdeburg, Germany |
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Genres |
Jazz,
free jazz,
classical |
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
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Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
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Years active | 1960s–present |
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Labels |
FMP,
Wergo |
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Musical artist
Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936)
[1] is a German
jazz trumpeter.
Career
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]
Discography
As leader
- Voices (CBS, 1966)
- Manfred Schoof Sextet (Wergo, 1967)
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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
- 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
Globe Unity Orchestra
- 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
- Happening Now! (Hat ART, 1988)
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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
- 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
- Pili-Pili (Keytone, 1984)
- Hoomba-Hoomba (Virgin, 1985)
- Jakko (Jaro, 1987)
With
Alexander von Schlippenbach
- 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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Peter Brotzmann, In a State of Undress (FMP, 1989)
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Don Cherry,
Actions (Philips, 1971)
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Graham Collier,
Hoarded Dreams (Cuneiform, 2007)
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Wolfgang Dauner, 80 Jahre Das Jubilaumskonzert (Timba, 2017)
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Miles Davis &
Quincy Jones,
Live at Montreux (Warner 1991)
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Gabi Delgado-López, Mistress (Virgin, 1982)
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Dissidenten, Instinctive Traveler (Exil, 1997)
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Stan Getz,
Francy Boland,
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band,
Change of Scenes (Verve, 1971)
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Albert Mangelsdorff, Albert Mangelsdorff (Fabbri Editori, 1981)
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George Russell,
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
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Gunter Sommer, Le Piccole Cose Live at Theater Gutersloh (Intuition, 2017)
- Gunter Baby Sommer, Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
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Heiner Stadler, Retrospection (Tomato, 1989)
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Fredy Studer,
Christy Doran, Half a Lifetime (Unit, 1994)
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Mal Waldron,
Hard Talk (Enja, 1974)
- Mal Waldron,
One-Upmanship (Enja, 1977)
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Requiem fur Einen Jungen Dichter (Wergo, 1989)
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