Klaus Doldinger - Doldinger's Best

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:41
Size: 162,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:10)  1. Blues For George
(6:07)  2. Two Getting Together
(4:24)  3. Minor Kick
(4:59)  4. Quartenwalzer
(4:51)  5. Fiesta
(3:37)  6. Viva Brasília
(3:35)  7. Guachi Guaro
(7:37)  8. Raga Up And Down
(6:41)  9. Saragossa
(3:04) 10. Watz of The Jive Cats
(2:36) 11. Comin Home Baby
(4:06) 12. I Feel Free
(7:47) 13. Stormy Monday Blues
(5:02) 14. Compared To What

"Klaus Doldinger is the only European jazz musician I know who has always been able to use the diverse elements in jazz as a means of self-expression.Our ways crossed in 1962 when Klaus went professional with his quartet, then being voted Germany’s best tenor player in modern jazz - and best clarinet player in traditional jazz. I was the label manager for Jazz at Philips Records at the time and would not rest before getting the chance to record Klaus’ new band. At the age of 22 I became his producer and recorded him for over a decade. Our friendship has never ended. This "Bluesy Collection" is my view of "Doldingers Best" from that period. The music reflects his deep understanding of jazz and blues and his ability to play Rhythm & Blues like no other European tenor saxophone player." (Siegfried Loch)

Doldinger's Best

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Klaus Doldinger - Blind Date (Back In New York)

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:31
Size: 128,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:22)  1. Friendship
(5:26)  2. Blue Circle
(6:30)  3. Here to Be
(4:59)  4. East River Drive
(4:51)  5. September Song
(5:26)  6. Hasta manana
(6:20)  7. What's New ?
(6:19)  8. Blind Date
(4:37)  9. Erinnerung
(5:36) 10. Stop and Go

Klaus Doldinger, best-known for leading the excellent fusion group Passport 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 Don Ellis, Johnny Griffin, Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, and Kenny Clarke, 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 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/klaus-doldinger-mn0000101962/biography

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Klaus Doldinger ; Bass – Ira Coleman; Drums – Victor Lewis; Featuring [Also Featuring], Percussion – Don Ernesto (tracks: 6, 8); Featuring [Also Featuring], Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Stefon Harris (tracks: 4, 6, 7); Guitar – Peter Bernstein (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10); Piano – Kevin Hays

Blind Date (Back In New York)

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