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Albums Jazz Meets India, Blue Hawk, European Echoes Similar People | ||
Manfred Schoof Quintet - Ostinato (1977)
Manfred Schoof Sextet - Jazz meets the world concerto
Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936) is a German jazz trumpet player.
Contents
- Manfred Schoof Quintet Ostinato 1977
- Manfred Schoof Sextet Jazz meets the world concerto
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Schoof was born in Magdeburg, and 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 has been chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.
As leader
As sideman
With Graham Collier
With Stan Getz, Francy Boland and the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
With George Russell
With Mal Waldron
With Irène Schweizer, Barney Wilen et al.
References
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