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 50s, 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 With Globe Unity Orchestra With George Gruntz With Gunter Hampel With Irmin Schmidt With Jasper van 't Hof With Alexander von Schlippenbach With others