Klaus Doldinger

A trailblazing German jazz saxophonist and flute player, Klaus Doldinger expanded the horizons of jazz in Europe, bringing together sophisticated post-bop, South American-traditions, and rock elements with his influential fusion group Passport. Doldinger initially gained international fame leading his jazz quartet on 1963's Jazz Made in Germany and releasing albums like Doldinger, the Ambassador that found him blending organ-accented hard bop with Latin and Bossa Nova-rhythms. However, it was with ever evolving electrified jazz-fusion group Passport that he brought his cross-c...