Biography:

Josef Viera (4 September 1932 – 7 April 2024) was a German jazz saxophonist and educator.

Viera worked with the Riverboat Seven, Erich Ferstl [de], and Albert Mangelsdorff early in his career, and led a trio which played free jazz in the late 1960s. He taught at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1971 to 1998, taking a professorship there in 1981, and also taught at the Musikhochschule Hannover, University of Munich, and University of Passau. He also published jazz method books and organized jazz workshops in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. In 1970 he was the founder and musical director of the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen.[1] Viera died on 7 April 2024, at the age of 91.[2]

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