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PASSPORT ~ PASSPORT WOUNDED BIRD 0299 (Barcode: 664140029927) ~ GERMANY ~ Jazz-Rock Fusion Recorded: 1971 Released: 2008 1st album by one of the most important European Jazz-Rock Fusion ensembles, German band PassportFind albums by this artist, founded and led by reedman / composer Klaus DoldingerFind albums by this artist. By the early 1970s the German Jazz scene was bursting with talent and excitement with the new generation of players slowly taking their place among the veteran musicians. The European Jazz, which went through a process of rapid development in the previous decade, freeing itself form the rigid constrains of American Jazz tradition, created a completely new universe of music. With the entry to the new decade many of the European musicians crossed over from modern and Free Jazz into Jazz-Rock Fusion, with s feverish rush of activity in that field. Passport was one of many German bands appearing for the first time on the scene at the time, but it proved to be one of the most inventive and in retrospect most influential band of the era, lasting for decades with many personnel changes, but always inventive and musically fulfilling. This album, recorded by the first lineup of the band, includes Doldinger on saxophones and keyboards with another saxophonist / flautist Olaf KüblerFind albums by this artist, organist Jimmy JacksonFind albums by this artist, bassist Lothar MeidFind albums by this artist and drummer Udo LindenbergFind albums by this artist. The music, all written by Doldinger, is a superb example of the European strain of Jazz-Rock Fusion, with strong melody lines and excellent lengthy improvisations by the band members. Both stylistically and sound-wise it is quite similar to the great British Jazz-Rock band IfFind albums by this artist. Definitely one of the great classic recordings of the genre and an essential item in any serious Jazz-Rock collection!

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