Manfred Schoof

Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof in 1984
Manfred Schoof in 1984
Background information
Born (1936-04-06) 6 April 1936 (age 90)
Magdeburg, Germany
GenresJazz, free jazz, classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1960s–present
LabelsFMP, Wergo

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

Career

Schoof was born in Magdeburg, Germany. He studied music in Kassel and Cologne, where one of his teachers was the big band leader Kurt Edelhagen. Schoof performed on Edelhagen's radio program and toured with Gunter Hampel. In late 1950s and early-mid 1960s, Schoof played with drummer Jaki Liebezeit, the future co-founder of krautrock band Can.

In the 1960s Schoof started a free jazz band with Alexander von Schlippenbach and Gerd Dudek 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 and the Globe Unity Orchestra. He composed classical music for Berlin Philharmonic. His group has participated in performances of Die Soldaten, an operatic work by the contemporary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann. He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams'.

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

Discography

As leader

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. 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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". Bright-thoughts.co.uk. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Manfred Schoof". Jazzonline.gr. July 7, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2022.