Manfred Schoof
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Manfred Schoof | |
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 Manfred Schoof in 1984 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 6 April 1936 Magdeburg, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz, free jazz, classical |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels | FMP, Wergo |
Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936)[1] is a German jazz trumpeter.
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 1950s and early-mid 1960s, 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]
