Manfred Schoof

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Manfred Schoof in 1984

Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936 Magdeburg) is a German jazz trumpet player.

He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.

He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer. He has interpreted Die Soldaten, an operatic work by the contemporary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

Schoof won various jazz prizes and is involved in the German musical rights association, since 2007 he is chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.

Discography

As leader

European Echoes (1969) FMP 0010. Reissued on CD by Atavistic (UMS/ALP232CD).
Scales (1976) JAPO 60013 (out of print)
Light Lines (1977) JAPO 60019 (out of print)
Horizons (1979) JAPO 60030 (out of print)
Resonance (2009) ECM 2093 (Double CD reissue of most of the tracks of the three JAPO releases)

As sideman

With George Russell

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969)

With Mal Waldron

Hard Talk (Enja, 1974)
One-Upmanship (Enja, 1977)

External links

FMP releases

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29727825 LCCN: no93007979 ISNI: 0000 0000 5516 9250 GND: 134514939 BNF: cb139900229

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Name	Schoof, Manfred
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Short description	German musician
Date of birth	6 April 1936
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