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Track: Das Boot - 2021 Remastered
Artist: Klaus Doldinger
Album: The First 50 Years of Passport (Remastered Edition)

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Name: Klaus Doldinger
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German Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer of TV and movie soundtracks and scores. Born May 12, 1936 in Berlin, Germany, he is father of [a4393745]. Doldinger is best known as Fusion musician in the 1970's with his Krautrock band [a179059] and famous composer of film soundtracks ([url=https://www.discogs.com/master/55391-Klaus-Doldinger-Das-Boot-Die-Original-Filmmusik]Das Boot[/url], [url=https://www.discogs.com/master/25847-Giorgio-Moroder-Klaus-Doldinger-The-NeverEnding-Story-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]The Neverending Story[/url]) as well as the title melody of Germany's famous TV series "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/162884-Klaus-Doldinger-Tatort]Tatort[/url]". Doldinger started to study piano and clarinet at the age of 16 in Düsseldorf at the [l385944]. In 1952, he became member of a Dixie-band called "[a668744]". In 1955, he founds his first Jazz band called [a1757222], named after his idol [a254394]. At the same time, he studies sound engineering and eventually, from 1960 to 1962, he went on a tour through the United States, where he earned a honor citizenship in New Orleans. In 1962, he founded the [a595610]. This band was a popular Jazz ensemble in the 1960's and they recorded a couple of influential albums. In 1968, he turns to Jazz Rock and Fusion and founds a new band called [a804721] together with e.g. [a86472] and [a338810]. In 1971, the band evolved to a successor band called [a179059], which became one of the most influential bands of German Fusion Rock in the 1970's. The band was active in changing line-ups until 1985, but exists still today with new releases from 2016 until 2021. In the 1960's, Doldinger also received orders as a composer of advertisement scores. Based on this, he wrote his influential "Tatort"-theme in 1970, which is active as theme of this German detective series until today. As composer of the soundtracks for "The Neverending Story" and "Das Boot", he got internationally acclaimed.

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Release: Klaus Doldinger - The First 50 Years Of Passport
Year: 2021
Genres: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Theme

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