MAIN CONCERT PROGRAMME - Serbian National Theatre - Friday, 16th November 2012.
MANFRED SCHOOF QUINTET
 MANFRED SCHOOF – trumpet
RYAN CARNIAUX – trumpet
AHMED EID – bass
MIKE ROELOFS – piano
SAMUEL DÜHSLER – drums
MANFRED SCHOOF
Ever since the mid-sixties, Manfred Schoof has been considered to be one of Europe's outstanding jazz trumpeters. He directed his first group as long ago as 1965 and the instrumentation of the LP "European Echoes" he recorded at that time now reads like a "Who's Who" of the major European Free Jazz musicians. Since those early days, Schoof has played a substantial part in the development of Free Jazz in Europe, among others with the exemplary New Jazz Trio, through his work with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, the Clarke/Boland Bigband and the Gil Evans Orchestra, the German Allstars and the George Russel Sextet. Right from the start, Schoof was involved in what was probably the most important and most unusual big free jazz ensemble, the Globe Unity Orchestra, and even now he is still one of the cornerstones of this great group. But Manfred Schoof not only belongs to the avant-garde of jazz, he is also involved in "other" forms of contemporary music, for example as a performer at the trumpet concerts of Bernd Alois Zimmermann (Berlin Festival Weeks) and Johannes Fritsch (Music of the 20th Century with the Saarland Broadcasting Company). He has himself composed film and television music and numerous commissioned works (for the Music Festival in Donaueschingen in 1975) as well as choral and orchestral works for a number of different German broadcasting companies. Since 1972, Schoof has been lecturing at the Cologne Academy of Music, and from 1990 as a professor. Numerous tours with various jazz groups have taken him as far as South America and Asia. He founded his second quintet in 1975. The group worked on three LPs, one of which - the record "Scales" - was awarded the German Record Prize of the German Phono Academy (1977 Japo/ECM Records). In 1980, Schoof won the 1st Prize of the Union of German Jazz Musicians (UDJ) for the LP "The Early Quintet". In the meantime, the 19-strong Schoof Orchestra founded in 1980 can look back on much-acclaimed performances, including appearances at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt and Berlin Jazz Festival. The Schoof Band was sent by the German Federal Government to Prague for the German Cultural Week. 1982 marked the start of several years with the pianist Rainer Brüninghaus as a duo. Manfred Schoof is considered to be the epitome of the universal jazz musician of our time; his versatility enables him to be a trumpeter, composer and university lecturer all at the same time. And so, since 1987 he has also been a member of the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band and the European Jazz Ensemble. "Old Friends", the all-star formation founded in 1996 and comprising of the best-known German jazz musicians (Albert Mangelsdorff, Klaus Doldinger, Wolfgang Dauner, Eberhard Weber, Wolfgang Haffner and Manfred Schoof), still exists today.
http://manfred-schoof.de
RYAN CARNIAUX
Born in New York City, Ryan Carniaux studied at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. Since 2003 Ryan has lived in Europe, playing jazz with musicians such as Dennis Rowland, Tiger Okoshi, Doug Sides, Kirk Lightsey, Nicolas Simion, Uwe Plath, Mark Murphy, Daryl Hall, Eric Alexander, Randy Brecker, Ondrej Stveracek, Tim Hagans, Paul Lowens, Christian McBride, Brendan Carniaux, Sam Dühsler, Manfred Schoof, Gerd Dudek and Benny Golson. Festivals: the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Corsica Jazz Fest, the Jazz Fest Curacao, the Jazz Days Bratislava, the Jazz Fest Bucharest, and countless others throughout Europe. Tours: Promising Artists of the 21st Century Tour of Costa Rica, Russia (International Big Band), the USA (Sweet Mamma Thunder), the Czech Republic (Ondrej Stveracek), Slovakia (Rado Tarishka Sextet), Switzerland (Samuel Dühsler Band), the Netherlands (Mike Roelofs Band), Romania (Nicolas Simion Ensemble), Poland (Greg Gaynair), and many more... Ryan keeps a busy schedule touring and recording with various projects on the international jazz scene.
www.ryancarniaux.com
AHMED EID
A Syrian born musician, Ahmed Eid now lives in Cologne, Germany. Ahmed grew up in Palestine, where he studied classical Palestinian percussion.  While studying percussion, he started fooling around on the bass and quickly realized he had found his voice through the instrument. Soon after beginning to play bass, he received a scholarship to study classical bass in Lübeck, Germany, and on completion, was accepted to study Jazz Bass in Cologne. Ahmed is becoming a sought-after bassist in Europe for his diverse background and pure musical ability.
www.myspace.com/ahmedeidmusic
MIKE ROELOFS
Mike studied the piano under the guidance of Irv Rochlin and Frank Giebels at the conservatory in Maastricht (The Netherlands). Mikes career gains momentum when his trio wins the Concours Céramique in Maastricht in 2001. The prize money is being invested in a debut album: Viewmusic. The Mike Roelofs Quartet is the successor of the trio. This Quartet wins the Frysian Crossover Competition in Leeuwarden in 2002. The jury writes the following about the victory: ‘Strong compositions gave the concert a forceful current curve. A clear story had been told, with excellent dynamics.’ The quartet recorded one album: ‘No Surroundings’ (Inbetweens Records). As a freelance piano player, Mike works with several different bands, playing a wide variaty of music styles. From 2003 on, he is also often hired as a studio musician and is playing on more than sixty cd productions. ‘I’m trying to be as flexible and open to music as I can. I’m not trying to copy a certain style. I’m always searching for my own sound and vocabulary’. In 2007, Mike wins the ‘Jerry van Rooyen Award’ in Maastricht, given to a person or organisation that has deserved well of jazz music in Limburg (The Netherlands). In 2008 he wins another price, namely the ‘Glenn Corneille Talent Award’. Also this year, Mike plays the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam with the Mike Roelofs Band. At the festival, he receives a price for his composition ‘From Babel To Bethel’. In 2010 Mike records an album with his new trio called Roelofs2Lauscher Trio. The album, Catharsis, was released by Prova Records. Currently, the successor is in the process of being produced. From 2011 on, Mike’s a part of the band of Gerard van Maasakkers, and he’s organizing a monthly concert series by the name: ‘Jazz in the Klep,’ where he invites jazz musicians to join him in new musical adventures. Mike worked with (a.o.). Eric Vloeimans, Minyeshu, John Engels, Sam Vloemans band, Wolfgang Lackerschmidt, Ryan Carniaux Quartet, Philip Harper, Richard Thompson, Jesse van Ruller, Do, Anton Goudsmit, Ruud Breuls, Benjamin Herman, Boris, Dewi, Gerard Prescenser, Iain Matthews, Mo'Jones, Lee Konitz, Claudius Valk, Charlie Green, Michael Moore, Joris Roelofs, Joost Kroon, Eef Albers, Martin Verdonk, Ron van Stratum, Geert Roelofs, Werner Lauscher, Bart Oostindie, Jimmy Haslip.
www.mikeroelofs.com
SAMUEL DÜHSLER
Born 1978 Basle, Switzerland. "Rumbadeebum" was his first imitation of a Basel style drumming when he was 3; at age eight he started playing the drum set; at the age of eighteen he won the Swiss National Youth Drummers’ Competition in Altishofen and left for the USA where he was granted a scholarship from the Berklee College Of Music. He soon started playing with Hal Crook, Jeff Galindo, James Merenda, Steve Neil and other important artist of the local music scene in Boston. After graduating, he joined the Tiger Okoshi Quartet and he got a chance to work on the international jazz scene with Ingrid Jensen, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Abraham Laboriel and The New York Voices. Now Samuel keeps a busy schedule, freelancing in Europe with the Ryan Carniaux Quartet, Marco von Orelli 5, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Manfred Schoof, Gerd Dudek, TTT, and many more artists.
Living in Basle, Switzerland, Sam also works in social projects with children and handicapped musicians. In July 2012 he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Improvisation from the Musik Akademie Basel, having studied for two years with Fred Frith and Alfred Zimmerlin.
www.myspace.com/samuelduehsler
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