Jazz
Klaus Doldinger - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Alexis Korner - Arranger, Guitar
Brian Auger - Organ
Curt Cress - Drums
Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Kristian Schultze - Fender Piano, Mellotron, Moog Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Pete York - Drums, Percussion
Volker Kriegel - Guitar, Soloist
Wolfgang Schmid - Bass
* Andy Johns - Engineer
* Dieter Dierks - Remixing
* Dieter Zill - Photography
Klaus Doldinger
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 12, 1936 in Berlin, Germany
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Post-Bop
Klaus Doldinger, best-known for leading the excellent fusion group Passport in the 1970s and '80s, has had a diverse and episodic career. He started out studying piano in 1947 and clarinet five years later, playing in Dixieland bands in the 1950s. By 1961, he had become a modern tenor saxophonist, working with such top visiting and expatriate Americans as Don Ellis, Johnny Griffin, Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, and Kenny Clarke, recording as a leader for Philips, World Pacific, and Liberty. However, in 1970, he initiated a long series of fusion-oriented sessions for Atlantic that featured his tenor, soprano, flute, and occasional keyboards with an electric rhythm section. In addition to writing music for films (including Das Boot) and television in Europe, Doldinger has remained active as a player who occasionally explores his roots in hard bop into the late '90s, but because he has always lived in Europe, he remains underrated in the U.S.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Passport
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1970
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Fusion
Passport is the creation of saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, who has stated that Passport is not so much a set group but a label and a name for his many projects. Doldinger, who had started out playing Dixieland back in the 1950s, by the following decade was a modern tenor-saxophonist who also worked in the studios. His mind has always remained quite open and in 1970 he formed Passport so as to explore the combination of advanced jazz improvising with rockish rhythms. Passport matches Doldinger's reeds (tenor, soprano, flute and occasional keyboards) with an electric rhythm section. The group's first recording (1970's Passport) also included Olaf Kubler on second tenor and flute, organist Jimmy Jackson, electric bassist Lother Maid and drummer Udo Lindenberg. Soon the group went through the first of several complete turnovers. The mid-1970's version usually teamed Doldinger with keyboardist Kristian Schultze, electric bassist Wolfgang Schmid and drummer Curt Cress and by 1978 it had changed drastically again. However, no matter who was in the rhythm section, Klaus Doldinger's lead voice and his band's musical direction remained consistent through the years. Passport has made numerous recordings, particularly for Atlantic.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
