Klaus Doldinger

• Born: May 12, 1936, Berlin, Germany
• Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Jazz
• Instrument: Sax (Soprano), Keyboards, Sax (Tenor)
• Representative Albums: "Looking Thru," "Cross-Collateral," "Passport"

Biography

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

Doldinger in Sud Amerika Buy this CD	Back to Brazil Buy this CD	Doldinger Back in New York Buy this CD	Blind Date Buy this CD	Doldinger Jubilee '75 [Bonus Track] Buy this CD
Back to Brazil [Wounded Bird] Buy this CD	Works & Passion Buy this CD	Cross-Collateral Buy this CD	Cross-Collateral Buy this CD	Blues Roots Buy this CD

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