Manfred Schoof, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Manfred Schoof

German musician

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1936

Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Profession: university teacher, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Manfred Schoof

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

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