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Klaus Doldinger, best-known for leading the excellent fusion group <a href="spotify:artist:6e9Ex9Qjrbzae5ivbHzaG9">Passport</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:6sPeUcMcOc2n0M7m1qHAer">Don Ellis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:52cM6vrM4MJ8g4H7Ibo5fZ">Johnny Griffin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:57fCBf7506avv91VXx6KIb">Benny Bailey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:273EXbTI4AKNTHjpdLOhRQ">Idrees Sulieman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3ZUZYvTkSr7kJQyAXVpqaL">Donald Byrd</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7xwlN7fhoOwNgDmRTwYZOa">Kenny Clarke</a>, 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, Rovi
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