Background
Schoof was born in Magdeburg, and studied music in Kassel and Cologne.
trumpeter university professor jazz musician
Schoof was born in Magdeburg, and studied music in Kassel and Cologne.
He has interpreted Die Soldaten, an operatic work by the contemporary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann. Since 2007 he has been chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.