Manfred Schoof

Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof in 1984
Manfred Schoof in 1984
Background information
Born (1936-04-06) 6 April 1936 (age 88)
Magdeburg, Germany
GenresJazz, free jazz, classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1960s–present
LabelsFMP, Wergo

Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936)[1] is a German jazz trumpeter.

Career

Schoof was born in Magdeburg, Germany.[1] He studied music in Kassel and Cologne, where one of his teachers was the big band leader Kurt Edelhagen.[2] Schoof performed on Edelhagen's radio program and toured with Gunter Hampel.[2] In late 50s and early-mid 60, Schoof played with drummer Jaki Liebezeit, the future co-founder of krautrock band Can.[3]

In the 1960s Schoof 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.[4] He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams'.[5]

Since 2007 he has been chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.[6]

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

  • 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)
  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e f MacNeil, Jason. "Manfred Schoof | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ Podmore, Jono, ed. (2020). Jaki Liebezeit the life, theory and practice of a master drummer. UNBOUND. ISBN 9781783527823.
  4. ^ Podmore, Jono (December 2017). "Life, Theory and Practice of a Master Drummer Book excerpt". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Hoarded Dreams documentary website".
  6. ^ "Manfred Schoof". JazzOnline. July 7, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2022.