Herbert Joos (; 21 March 1940 – 7 December 2019) was a German

jazz trumpeter The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

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, and

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. He made recordings solo and in groups, especially with the

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. In 2017, he received the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg for his life's work.

Life and works

Born in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, Joos learned

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first by self-study and then by a private teacher. He studied

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from 1958, but then turned to

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

baritone horn The baritone horn, or sometimes just called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family.Robert Donington, "The Instruments of Music", (pp. 113ff ''The Family of Bugles'') 2nd ed., Methuen, London, 1962 It is a piston-val ...

mellophone The mellophone is a brass instrument typically pitched in the key of F, though models in E, D, C, and G (as a bugle) have also historically existed. It has a conical bore, like that of the euphonium and flugelhorn. The mellophone is used as the m ...

, and

alphorn The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece. Traditionally the Alphorn was made of one single piece, or two parts ...

. 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 ). Afterward, he was a member of various modern and

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formations (with ,

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and among others). He played at festivals and in the of the SWF at a flugelhorn workshop with

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and

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and made a name for himself with his solo recording, ''The Philosophy of the Flugelhorn'' in 1973. He also led his own wind trio,

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and orchestra. He achieved more recognition in the 1980s as a member of the

, which he influenced. Since the 1990s he has participated in the SüdPool project. He has appeared as a duo with as well as in

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's groups, for

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, and

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. He also played with the

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. In 2017, he was awarded the for his life's work. Instead of a speech after the laudations, he thanked in a short phrase, and played a concert with an orchestra of 16. He also produced drawings, book illustrations and paintings. Herbert Joos died on 7 December 2019 after surgery in a

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

hospital.

Discography

Joos left as soloist, in small groups and with orchestras, especially recordings with the

in the 1980s. Solo * ''The Philosophy of the Fluegelhorn'' Group * ''Daybreak - The Dark Side Of Twilight'' (1977) * ''Cracked Mirrors / Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen'' (1988) * ''Orchestra / Eberhard Weber'' (1989) With Vienna Art Orchestra *''

Tango from Obango ''Tango from Obango'' is the debut album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra (credited as Wiener Art Orchester) which was first released in 1980 on the Art label.

'' (Art, 1980) *''

Concerto Piccolo ''Concerto Piccolo'' is a live album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra recorded at the Zürich Jazz Festival in 1980 and released on the Hat ART label.

'' (Hat ART, 1981) *'' Suite for the Green Eighties'' (Hat ART, 1982) *''

From No Time to Rag Time ''From No Time to Rag Time'' is an album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra featuring variations on compositions by Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Scott Joplin, Hans Koller, Charles Mingus, Fritz Pauer, Bud Powell and Roswell Rudd w ...

'' (Hat ART, 1983) *''

A Notion in Perpetual Motion ''A Notion in Perpetual Motion'' is a live album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra recorded in Switzerland which was first released in 1985 on the Hathut Records, Hat ART label as a double LP as ''Perpetuum Mobile'' then re-released i ...

'' (Hat ART, 1985)

References

External links

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