KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT
Genres: Classic Fusion, Funk Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Hard Bop, World Fusion, Third Stream, Post Bop, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Germany

Passport - German jazz fusion band formed in 1970 by Klaus Doldinger; known as Passport from 1971 Klaus Doldinger - German Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer of TV and movie soundtracks and scores; husband of Inge Doldinger, father of Nicolas Doldinger. Born May 12, 1936 in Berlin, Germany, Died October 16, 2025 in Icking, Germany. Doldinger was best known as a Fusion musician in the 1970s with his band Passport (2) and as a famous composer of film soundtracks (Das Boot, The Neverending Story) as well as the title melody of Germany's famous TV series "Tatort". Doldinger started studying piano and clarinet at the age of 16 in Düsseldorf at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. In 1952, he became a member of a Dixie-band called "The Feetwarmers". In 1955, he founded his first Jazz band called Oscar's Trio, named after his idol Oscar Peterson. At the same time, he studied sound engineering and eventually, from 1960 read more...