Herbert Joos | |
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Born | Karlsruhe, Germany | March 21, 1940
Died | December 7, 2019 Baden-Baden, Germany | (aged 79)
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Awards | Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg |
Herbert Joos (21 March 1940 – 7 December 2019) was a German jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and graphic designer. He made recordings solo and in groups. He worked with the Vienna Art Orchestra. In 2017, he received the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg for his life's work.
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.
Joos died on 7 December 2019, after surgery in a Baden-Baden hospital at the age of 79.[1]