Herbert Joos
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Background information | |
Born | (1940-03-21)21 March 1940 Karlsruhe, Republic of Baden, Germany |
Died | 7 December 2019(2019-12-07) (aged 79) Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
Years active | 1970–2000s |
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 works
Born 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 [de]). Afterward, he was a member of various modern and free jazz formations (with Bernd Konrad [de], Hans Koller, Adelhard Roidinger and Jürgen Wuchner [de] among others). He played at festivals and in the Free Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden [de] 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 [de] as well as in Patrick Bebelaar's groups,[3] for Michel Godard, Wolfgang Puschnig, Clemens Salesny [de] and Peter Schindler.[4] He also played with the Orchestre National de France.[3]
In 2017, he was awarded the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg [de][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]
Discography
Joos left a rich discography [de] as soloist, in small groups and with orchestras, especially recordings with the Vienna Art Orchestra in the 1980s.[6]
Solo
- The Philosophy of the Fluegelhorn[2]
Group
- Daybreak - The Dark Side Of Twilight (1977)[2]
- Cracked Mirrors / Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen (1988)[2]
- Orchestra / Eberhard Weber (1989)[2]
With Vienna Art Orchestra
- Tango from Obango (Art, 1980)
- Concerto Piccolo (Hat ART, 1981)
- Suite for the Green Eighties (Hat ART, 1982)
- From No Time to Rag Time (Hat ART, 1983)
- A Notion in Perpetual Motion (Hat ART, 1985)
References
- ^ a b c "Jazz-Ehrenpreis geht an Herbert Joos". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Herbert Joos". EMC Records. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g Staiber, Thomas (7 December 2019). "Jazzpreisträger Herbert Joos / Der Mann des magischen Trompetentons ist tot". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Vogelwild und streichelzart". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Jazzmusiker / Herbert Joos ist tot". Baden-Württemberg (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Discography...1980s". Vienna Art Orchestra. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
External links
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- Literature by and about Herbert Joos in the German National Library catalogue
- Herbert Joos discography at Discogs
- Herbert Joos kind-of-blue.de
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- Mathias Rüegg
- Lauren Newton
- Wolfgang Puschnig
- Harry Sokal
- Christian Radovan
- Jon Sass
- Woody Schabata
- Concerto Piccolo (1980)
- Suite for the Green Eighties (1981)
- From No Time to Rag Time (1982)
- A Notion in Perpetual Motion (1982)