Joe Viera

Joe Viera
Viera in 2011
Background information
Birth nameJosef Viera
Born(1932-09-04)4 September 1932
Munich, Germany
Died7 April 2024(2024-04-07) (aged 91)
Munich, Germany
GenresJazz
OccupationInstructor
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1962–2000

Josef Viera (4 September 1932 – 7 April 2024) was a German jazz saxophonist and educator. In 1970 he founded the German jazz festival Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen and directed it for more than 50 years. In 1993, Viera co-founded the Lehrer Big Band Bayern (LBB Bayern) with Walter A. Neubeck.

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