flugelhorn, trumpet
Herbert Joos
1940 – † 2019
Partner in the trio Pepl/Joos/Christensen (“Cracked Mirrors”, ECM 1356, renowned European jazz label) and guest on the 2015 double CD.

Flugelhorn player. He painted the cover of “Austria Drei”.
Recordings together

Austria Drei
Werner Pirchner / Harry Pepl / Todd Canedy / Adelhard Roidinger

Cracked Mirrors
Harry Pepl / Herbert Joos / Jon Christensen

Harry Pepl & Clemens Salesny / Martin Bayer / Peter Primus Frosch / Agnes Heginger
Harry Pepl (tape) & Clemens Salesny / Martin Bayer / Peter Primus Frosch / Agnes Heginger
Listen and watch
Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen · Trio Concert, Stadtgarten Köln 1989
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Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen: Schikaneder Delight (Cracked Mirrors, 1988)
“Schikaneder Delight” (Harry Pepl), track 3 of the ECM album “Cracked Mirrors” by Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen (1988), 2:36. Prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme on his 75th birthday.
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Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen: Tintenfisch Inki (Cracked Mirrors, 1988)
“Tintenfisch Inki” (Harry Pepl), track 8 of the ECM album “Cracked Mirrors” (1988), 2:56, suggested by Daniel Pepl in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme as a beautiful ballad.
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In the chronology
- July 1979 Recording of “Austria Drei”
- February 1987 Recording of “Cracked Mirrors”
- 16 April 1988 Trio Pepl/Joos/Christensen at the Szene Wien
- 20 April 1988 Cracked Mirrors live at the Posthof Linz
- 30 May 1988 “Cracked Mirrors” released on ECM
- December 1988 Joos, Pepl and Oxley at the Dieselstraße in Esslingen
- 10 December 1988 Austrian tour with Herbert Joos and Tony Oxley
- 15 December 1988 Trio with Herbert Joos and Tony Oxley in Tamsweg
- 1989 Cracked Mirrors at the Stadtgarten in Cologne
In the press
- 7 April 1987 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Jazz-Splitter“
- 16 June 1987 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Erfolg für Harry Pepl in Frankreich“
- 8 March 1988 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Jazz aus Österreich“
- May 1988 ECM Records, München (Presseinformation): Harry Pepl / Herbert Joos / Jon Christensen: „Cracked Mirrors“
- 14 June 1988 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Erfolge für Harry Pepl“
- 27 August 1988 Music Week (britische Musikfachzeitschrift): „New Albums“ (Neuerscheinungen vom 30. August bis 2. September 1988)
- 30 August 1988 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Schallplattenpreis für Harry Pepls ‚Cracked Mirrors‘“
- 15 December 1988 Stuttgarter Zeitung: „Jazz im Zauberspiegel“ (Dieselstraße: Joos-Pepl-Oxley)
- 17 December 1988 Eßlinger Zeitung (Ausgabe Samstag/Sonntag): „Perkussives“ (Joos, Pepl und Oxley)
- 2016 Jazzpodium: „Harry Pepl & Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch, Agnes Heginger, Fullmax15-01 CD“
- 12 April 2024 European Jazz Masters Of The Past (Blog): „European Jazz Masters Of The Past #3: Herbert Joos“