Jochen Voss

Jochen Voss (born September 18, 1938 in Parchim ) is a German jazz musician ( alto and soprano saxophone ).

Voss is a self-taught jazz musician . As early as the mid-1960s, he was a  participant in the amateur jazz festivals in Düsseldorf, Vienna and Zurich - partly as a member of Harald Eckstein's Bremen Sextet (soloist and group awards 1965/66). Since the late 1970s, his focus has been on playing in duo formations without a fixed rhythm section in order to play swinging jazz music with accentuated drive . First he went on tour with the pianist Klaus Ignatzek , then with the guitarist and film and theater composer Uli Harmsen; guitarist Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer has been his partner since the early 1990s.

In addition to his concert activities, Voss worked in the field of jazz education, since 1981 as a teacher at the Oldenburg Music School. He has developed new concepts for teaching especially for wind players.

Discographic notes

• Voss / Ignatzek Journey to Grand Canon (Trion 1982)
• Voss / Harmsen Mother Nature Father Harmony (in-akustik 1983)
• Voss / Harmsen More than Two (Edition Collage, 1988)
• Voß / Brendgens-Mönkemeyer Alteration (Acoustic Music, 1991)
• Voß / Brendgens-Mönkemeyer Textures ( Jardis Records , 1999)

Lexical entries

• Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .

Web links

• Entry (culture database Oldenburg)
• Jochen Voß at Discogs (English)