Manfred Schoof Quintet • For Marianne (1976) Germany

In 1967, Manfred Scheffner started a mailorder business for jazz LPs which he named “jazz by post“ (JAPO) at Elektro-Egger, an electric appliances store in Munich-Pasing, Germany. In 1969 a record store was added, and in 1970 JAPO Records was founded as a division of ECM Records. JAPO stands for Jazz by Post. The label existed from 1970 until 1985 and produced over 40 jazz fusion and free jazz records from musicians all over the world, the majority of them European. JAPO 60013 • Manfred Schoof Quintet • Scales • 1976 Manfred Schoof trumpet, flugelhorn Michel Pilz bass clarinet Jasper van ‘t Hof piano, electric piano, organ Günter Lenz double-bass Ralf-R. Hübner drums Recorded August 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg