Albert Mangelsdorff

Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.

Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the bookbinder Emil Albert Joseph Mangelsdorff (1891–1963), born in Ingolstadt, and his wife Luise, née Becker (1896–1976), from Wertheim. He was given violin lessons as a child and was self-taught on guitar in addition to knowing trombone. Mangelsdorff began his career as a professional musician in 1947 as a rhythm guitarist in the Otto Laufner Big Band, which played in US Army clubs. he collaborated with the American musicians Gerry Mulligan and Louis Armstrong.

In 1993, Mangelsdorff was appointed honorary professor for jazz at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. From 1995 to 2001, he directed the Berlin Jazz Festival. He was the father of countertenor and biologist Ralph Daniel Mangelsdorff (born 1958). He died in Frankfurt am Main on July 25, 2005.

Discography Source: Now Jazz Ramwong (CBS, 1964) Animal Dance with John Lewis, Zagreb Jazz Quartet (Atlantic, 1964) Folk Mond and Flower Dream (CBS, 1967) Zo-Ko-Ma with Attila Zoller, Lee Konitz (MPS, 1968) Albert Mangelsdorff and His Friends (MPS, 1969) Open Space with Karin Krog, John Surman, Francy Boland, Niels H.O. Pedersen, Daniel Humair (MPS, 1969) Wild Goose with Colin Wilkie, Shirley Hart, Joki Freund (MPS, 1969) Never Let It End (MPS, 1970) Live in Tokyo (Enja, 1971) The End with Brotzmann, Van Hove, Bennink (FMP, 1971) Couscouss de la Mauresque with Brotzmann, Van Hove, Bennink (FMP, 1971) Elements with Brotzmann, Van Hove, Bennink (FMP, 1971) Spontaneous with Masahiko Sato, Peter Warren, Allen Blairman (Enja, 1972) Trombone Workshop with Jiggs Whigham, Slide Hampton, Ake Persson (MPS, 1972) Trombirds (MPS, 1973) Birds of Underground (MPS, 1973) It's Up to You with Friedrich Gulda (Preiser, 1974) The Wide Point with Elvin Jones, Palle Danielson (MPS, 1975) Outspan No. 1 with Brotzmann, Van Hove, Bennink (FMP, 1975) Solo Now with Pierre Favre, Joachim Kuhn, Gunter Hampel (MPS, 1976) Trilogue Live at the Berlin Jazz Days with Alphonse Mouzon, Jaco Pastorius (MPS, 1977) Tromboneliness (MPS, 1977) A Matter Of Taste with Mumps (John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin) (MPS, 1977) Solo with John Tchicai (FMP, 1977) Triplicity with Arild Andersen, Pierre Favre (Skip, 1979, released 2005) A Jazz Tune I Hope (MPS, 1979) Horns with Gerd Dudek, Paul Rutherford, Manfred Schoof, Kenny Wheeler (FMP, 1979) Trombone Summit with Winding, Watrous, Whigham (MPS, 1981) Live in Montreux! with J.F. Jenny-Clark, Ronald Shannon Jackson (MPS, 1981) Solo (MPS, 1982) Two Is Company with Wolfgang Dauner (Mood, 1983) Triple Entente (MPS, 1983) Reflections with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, Eberhard Weber (Mood, 1984) Pica Pica with Brotzmann, Sommer (FMP, 1984) Ochsenzoll with Michael Naura, Wolfgang Schlueter, Herbert Joos (Mood, 1985) Hot Hut (Musikant, 1986) Moon at Noon with Wolfgang Dauner (Musikant, 1987) Art of the Duo with Lee Konitz (Enja, 1988) Listen and Lay Back (Dino Music, 1988) Rooty Toot (Dino Music, 1990) Purity (Mood, 1990) Dodging Bullets with John Lindberg, Eric Watson (Black Saint, 1992) Room 1220 with John Surman (Konnex, 1993) Live: The Very Human Factor (Muffin, 1993) Lanaya (Plainisphare, 1994) The Wake Keeping with Chico Freeman (Amori, 1996) Live at Montreux with Reto Weber (Double Moon, 1999) Shake Shuttle & Blow with Bruno Spoerri, Christy Doran, Reto Weber (Enja, 1999) Looking Outside (Altrisuoni, 2001) Music for Jazz Orchestra with NDR Big Band (Skip, 2003)

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