# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-viera
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:33.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-viera"
name: "Joe Viera"
slug: "joe-viera"
description: "Josef Viera 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 with Walter A. Neubeck."
tagline: "German saxophonist and music educator (1932–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Viera.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-09-04"
deathDate: "2024-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.65
  momentum:             3.10344827586207
  historical:           8.338445333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11797090/"
    handle:    "nm11797090"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Viera"
    title: "Joe Viera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Viera"
    title: "Joe Viera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جو فييرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جو فييرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Viera"
    title: "Joe Viera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جو ویرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Viera"
    title: "Joe Viera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/484e5b7a-d75a-4ae8-8316-4b6d5bba9460"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4342146"
    title: "Joe Viera"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump