Ingfried Hoffmann Biography

German jazz musician

Ingfried Hoffmann (born January 30, 1935) is a German jazz organist, pianist, trumpeter, arranger and composer. He has recorded for Columbia, Philips, Polydor, and Verve. He has composed music for German television, including music for the German version of Sesame Street and Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt.

His album From Twen with Love (1966) was re-released as Hammond Bond in 2007. The *le refers to the organ Hoffman used on songs influenced by the popularity of James Bond movies in the 1960s. The album includes songs from his 1963 album Hammond Tales.

In the 1960s, Hoffmann worked extensively with tenor saxophonist Klaus Doldinger.

References

    Sources

    • Jürgen Wölfer (2008). Jazz in Deutschland – Das Lexikon. Alle Musiker und Plattenfirmen von 1920 bis heute. Höfen an der Enz: Hannibal Verlag. ISBN:978-3-85445-274-4.

    External links

    • Ingfried Hoffmann at IMDb

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