Jazz
Passport
Klaus Doldinger - Flute, Keyboards, Producer, Saxophone
Dieta Peteroit - Bass
Elmer Louis - Percussion
Guillermo Marchena - Percussion, Vocals
Hendrik Schaper - Keyboards
Roy Louis - Guitar
Willy Ketzer - Drums
* Inge Doldinger - Cover Photo
* Tommy Klemt - Engineer
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 |
