Herbert Joos
Herbert Joos ([ˈhɛʁbɛʁt ˈjoːs]; 21 March 1940 – 7 December 2019) was a German jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and graphic designer. He made recordings solo and in groups, especially with the Vienna Art Orchestra. In 2017, he received the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg for his life's work. Life and worksBorn in Karlsruhe, Joos learned trumpet first by self-study and then by a private teacher. He studied double bass[1] from 1958, but then turned to flugelhorn, baritone horn, mellophone, and alphorn. Since the mid-1960s, he has been a member of Modern Jazz quintet Karlsruhe, from which the group Fourmenonly was created (with Wilfried Eichhorn and Rudolf Theilmann ). Afterward, he was a member of various modern and free jazz formations (with Bernd Konrad , Hans Koller, Adelhard Roidinger and Jürgen Wuchner among others). He played at festivals and in the Free Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden of the SWF at a flugelhorn workshop with Kenny Wheeler, Ian Carr, Harry Beckett and Ack van Rooyen and made a name for himself with his solo recording, The Philosophy of the Flugelhorn in 1973.[2] He also led his own wind trio, quartet and orchestra. He achieved more recognition in the 1980s as a member of the Vienna Art Orchestra, which he influenced.[3] Since the 1990s he has participated in the SüdPool project. He has appeared as a duo with Frank Kuruc as well as in Patrick Bebelaar's groups,[3] for Michel Godard, Wolfgang Puschnig, Clemens Salesny and Peter Schindler.[4] He also played with the Orchestre National de France.[3] In 2017, he was awarded the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg[3] for his life's work.[1][5] Instead of a speech after the laudations, he thanked in a short phrase, and played a concert with an orchestra of 16.[3] He also produced drawings, book illustrations and paintings.[3] Herbert Joos died on 7 December 2019[1] after surgery in a Baden-Baden hospital.[3] DiscographyJoos left a rich discography as soloist, in small groups and with orchestras, especially recordings with the Vienna Art Orchestra in the 1980s.[6] Solo
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