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Klaus Doldinger (; born 12 May 1936) is a German saxophonist known for his work in
Doldinger's recurring jazz project
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jazz
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and as a film music
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composer. He was the recipient of the 1997's Bavarian Film Awards. He is also a frequent collaborator of German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen in many of his films as a score composer.
Life and work
Doldinger was born inBerlin
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, Germany, and entered a Düsseldorf
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conservatory in 1947, originally studying piano and then clarinet, graduating in 1957. In his student years, Doldinger gained professional performing experience, starting in 1953 in the German Dixieland band ''The Feetwarmers'', and recording with them in 1955. Later that year, he founded Oscar's Trio', which modeled on Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...
's work. During the 1960s, he worked as a tenor saxophonist, working with visiting American jazz musicians, Beat groups like Ian and the Zodiacs and recording in his own right.
Doldinger's recurring jazz project Passport
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, started in 1971 (then called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), still enjoys success in Germany. In its influence it was sometimes called the European version of Weather Report.
At various times members of Passport included Peter O'Mara (guitar), Roberto DiGioia (keyboards), Patrick Scales (bass, since 1994), Ernst Stroer ( :de:Ernst Ströer) (percussion, since 1989), Christian Lettner (drums, since 2000), Michael Hornek (keyboard since 2009), Biboul Darouiche (percussion, since 1995) and others. Guests include Brian Auger (1973), Johnny Griffin (1973) and Pete York (1973). The first true Passport album had strong ties to Amon Düül II, containing contributions from Olaf Kübler, Lothar Meid and Jimmy Jackson.
Doldinger contributed film scores to the German U-boat
U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the G ...
film '' Das Boot'' (1981) and later '' The NeverEnding Story'' (1984), directed by frequent collaborator Wolfgang Petersen. He also composed the musical theme of the long ongoing German-Austrian-Swiss series, '' Tatort''.
Doldinger married Inge Beck in 1960; they have three children, Viola, Melanie and Nicolas Doldinger. Since 1968, they have resided in Icking, a small Bavarian village, south of Munich
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. On 1 September 2022 he released his autobiography ''Made in Germany''.
Selected film and TV scores
References
External links
Official website
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in Jazzdimensions (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Doldinger, Klaus 1936 births 20th-century German jazz composers 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century German saxophonists 21st-century German composers 21st-century German male musicians 21st-century German saxophonists 21st-century jazz composers Living people Musicians from Berlin Musical groups from Berlin Robert Schumann Hochschule alumni ACT Music artists German jazz saxophonists German male film score composers German male jazz composers German male saxophonists Jazz fusion musicians Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Passport (band) members Post-bop jazz musicians