Joe Viera

Josef "Joe" Viera (born 4 September 1932) is a German jazz saxophonist and educator. Viera worked with the Riverboat Seven, Erich Ferstl, 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 has also taught at the Musikhochschule Hannover, University of Munich, and University of Passau. He has also published jazz method books and organized jazz workshops in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. He was the founder and musical director of the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen.