Passport is a German jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 ensemble led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...

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Passport was initiated in 1971 as a jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

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 experimental group, similar to American groups such as Weather Report

Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...

. The ensemble's first recording was issued in 1971, and through the 1970s had a constantly revolving membership, though it continued to release albums frequently. The group was active into the 2000s, recording for Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 and Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 among others.

Members

• Klaus Doldinger
  Klaus Doldinger
  Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...
  
   - saxophone, flute
• Wolfgang Schmid - bass
• Curt Cress - drums
• Udo Lindenberg
  Udo Lindenberg
  Udo Lindenberg is a German rock musician and composer.-Career:Lindenberg started his musical career as a drummer. In 1969 Lindenberg founded his first band Free Orbit and also appeared as a studio and guest musician . In 1970 he collaborated as a drummer with jazz-saxophonist Klaus Doldinger in...
  
   - drums
• Lothar Meid - bass
• Olaf Kubler - saxophone, flute
• Kristian Schultze
  Kristian Schultze
  Kristian Schultze was one half of the German New Age band Cusco. Schultze has partnered up with Michael Holm and the two have produced numerous new age albums...
  
   - keyboards
• Dieter Petereit
• Hendrik Schaper
• Johnny Griffin
  Johnny Griffin
  John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
  
  
• Willy Ketzer
• Elmer Louis
• Roy Louis
• Kevin Mulligan
  Kevin Mulligan
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• Pete York
  Pete York
  Pete York is a rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jim Jackson

Discography

• Passport (1972)
• Second Passport (1972)
• Handmade (1973)
• Looking Thru (1973)
• Doldinger Jubilee Concert (1974)
• Doldinger Jubilee '75 (1975)
• Cross-Collateral (1975) U.S. #137
• Infinity Machine (1976) U.S. #204
• Iguacu (1977) U.S. #191
• 2 Originals (including all songs of the previously released albums Passport and Second Passport) (1977)
• Ataraxia (reissued by Wounded Bird Records (US only) as Sky Blue (1978) U.S. #140
• Garden of Eden (1978) U.S. #201
• Lifelike (1980)
• Oceanliner (1980) U.S. #163
• Blue Tattoo (1981) U.S. #175
• Earthborn (1982)
• Man in the Mirror (1983)
• Running in Real Time (1985)
• Heavy Nights (1986)
• Talk Back (1988)
• Balance Of Happiness (1990)
• Blues Roots (1991)
• Down to Earth (1993)
• Spirit Of Continuity: The Passport Anthology (1995)
• Passport to Paradise (1996)
• Passport Control (1997)
• Move (1998)
• Passport Live (2000)
• RMX Vol. 1 (2001)
• Back to Brazil (2003)
• To Morocco (2006)