March 21, 1940 to December 7, 2019 Germany.
Joos studied flugelhorn, trumpet and bass and played also baritone- and alphorn.
In the first half of the 70ies he was member in several Modern- and FreeJazz Bands and played at Festivals as the "Free Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden", The "Free Jazz Day" in Frankfurt and at a Flugelhorn workshop with Kenny Wheeler, Ian Carr, Harry Beckett and Ack van Rooyen. He was also a leader of his own Quartet and Orchestra. The most recognition he got as a member of the "Vienna Art Orchestra". His warm but powerful sound and the romantic impressionistic influence in combination with the affinity of free improvisations makes him to an expressive profile of the European Jazz landscape.

Discography

Albums (own and as sideman), with Herbert Joos:

"The Philosophy Of The Fluegelhorn" (1973, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg)
"Daybreak ­ The Dark Side Of Twilight" (1977, ECM 3315-2)
"Blow" (1977)
"Piece For Mouth" (1978)
"Tango From Obango" (1979)
"The Horses" (1980)
"Live At The Jazz Festival Frankfurt" (1981)
"Mel-An-Cho" (1981)
"Concerto Piccolo" (1981)
"Suite For The Green Eighties" (1982)
"Still Life" (1983)
"From No Time To Rag Time" (1983)
"Five Old Songs" (1984)
"Perpetuum Mobile" (1985)
"Ochsenzoll" (1985)
"Nightride Of A Lonely Saxophoneplayer" (1985)
"Jazzbühnen Berlin '85" (1985)
"Two Little Animals" (1987)
"Cracked Mirrors"  (1987, ECM)
"Orchestra" (1988, ECM)
"Inside Out" (1988)
"Blues For Brahms" (1989)
"Innocence Of Cliches" (1989)
"Still Life" (1990)
"Plays Billie Holiday Songs" (1994, EMARCY, 527634-2)
"Südpool Jazz Project V: Marcia Funebre - The Italian Suite" (1994)
"Mallet connection" (1995)
"Plays Billie Holiday Songs" (1996)
"Aspects" (1998, PAO)
"Pipes And Phones" (1999, Finetone)
"Ballade noire" (1999)
"Nature Way" (1999)
"Adagio" (2000, Finetone)
"Ballads" (2000, Finetone)
"Aspects" (2000)
"Nature Way" (2000)
"Standard Project-New Bottles-O" (2001)
"3 & 4 : Ob'n und Unt'n" (2002)
"You Never Lose An Island" (2002)
"Seven Duets" (2004)
"The Beauty Of Darkness" (2004)
"Adagio I+II" (2005)
"File Under Jazz" (2006)
"Salesny / Schabata / Preuschl + Herbert Joos" (2007)
"Pipes and Phones" (2008)
"Gegenwelten Abgesang" (2009)
"Book Of Family Affairs" (2013)