Manfred Schoof Quintet
Voices
"Manfred Schoof grew up perfecting his innovative jazz style, often practicing on either his jazz trumpet or his flügelhorn. By the time he reached high school, Schoof was composing his own arrangements. In 1955, Schoof decided to purse a musical career, enrolling in the Music Academy (Musikakademie) at Kassel. After studying and performing there for three years, he moved to further his studies at the Cologne Musikhochschule. While there, Schoof took a jazz class by Kurt Edelhagen, a West German…
Resonance
Two-CD compilation of the Manfred Schoof Quintet's JAPO albums Scales, Light Lines and Horizons, with Michel Pilz, Jasper van 't Hof, Rainer Brüninghaus, Günter Lenz and Ralf-R. Hübner. Recorded 1976-1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.