Nate Dorward Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) I was a little leery of this one because I found Workpoints a big disappointment: nice music (esp. the 1st disc) but the sound quality was poor & full of intrusive distortion & dropouts. The new one certainly isn't hi-fi--there is a swishy sound to the drums--but quite acceptable & doesn't get in the way of enjoying what is a really steaming 1983 concert performance by a dream band. The really stunning thing is the powerhouse trumpet lineup: Kenny Wheeler, Tomasz Stanko, Henry Lowther, Ted Curson & Manfred Schoof. Wheeler in particular is in stinging buzzing-bee form, & Schoof (whom I'll always love for his work with Mal Waldron on the great Hard Talk) deserves mention too for his solo on part 2. & John Surman's playing is terrifically aggressive--I can never figure out why he doesn't do more of this kind of stuff rather than the English watercolours that he tends to prefer nowadays. Other delights--a trombone section of Malcolom Griffiths, Conny Bauer (who does one of his distinctive solo features on part 5) & the late Eje Thelin; Juhanni Aaltonen on tenor & alto; the always excellent Art Themen in duet with Ted Curson; a very young Matthias Schubert (underrated player who went one to record the excellent Blue & Grey Suite for Enja with Simon Nabatov)...... Anyway, definitely worth checking out. Edited June 7, 2007 by Nate Dorward Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 Yeah, very good date. Wrote it up for Paris Transatlantic a while back. Schoof's 60s quintets really need to be reissued; maybe then somebody would start talking about him! Quote
ep1str0phy Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 (edited) No doubt. Especially as his most readily available material (European Echoes) is some ways away from a lot of what's on those quintet sides. Edited June 8, 2007 by ep1str0phy Quote
Nate Dorward Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Posted June 8, 2007 I've actually never heard European Echoes or any other Schoof albums. He still around? He really sounds good on the few sideman recordings I've heard..... Quote
Niko Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 I've actually never heard European Echoes or any other Schoof albums. He still around? He really sounds good on the few sideman recordings I've heard..... seems like it: http://www.germanticketoffice.com/detail_d...=d5115512043119 Quote
king ubu Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 He played as part of the Globe Unity Orchestra at this year's Jazzwoche (jazz week) in Burghausen in March and is also present on a 2006 recording of the Globe Unity that I have, so seems he's still/again part of that group. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 IIRC, he was paying the bills as one of Germany's top studio musicians since the '80s. Hence, not heard from as much with his own bands. He's a damn fine player, and the bands he put together are kick-ass. Quote
Guest donald petersen Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 schoof put out some excellent ecm and or japo albums in the 70s.... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 Indeed. I have some fantastic German radio tapes of his work as well. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 To bring it full circle, that Collier was circulating among Euro broadcast circles along with the Schoof recordings I have. Quote
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