9 items added today, all by the excellent fusion group Passport: PASSPORT ~ DOLDINGER JUBILEE `75 1975 album recorded live at a cellebration of Doldinger`s 25th anniversary on the music scene. The quartet is joined by several guest musicians, including US sax giants Johnny Griffin and Les McCann and the Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine. A good time was had by all and the music soars mixing superb jazz solos with fusion rhythms. PASSPORT ~ INFINITY MACHINE 1976 album, still with the original quartet. Similar in style to the previous albums, with more great compositions and excellent playing. Passport`s ability to deliver new albums and keeping a consistent level of excellence was their trademark. They toured extensively in Europe, US and even in far and remote places, sponsored by the German Goethe Institute, which is responsible for supporting and presenting the German culture around the globe. PASSPORT ~ IGUACU 1977 album recorded in Brazil during Passport`s South American tour and including a score of Brazilian musicians, mostly on various percussion instrumets, which creates a wonderful mixture of the usual fusion with exotic rhythms and sounds. Excellent effort by the group. PASSPORT ~ SKY BLUE 1978 album, still influenced by the Brazilian experience and featuring the guitarist Roy Louis, who played on the previous album, as well as several Brazillian percussionists. It is hovever, at least partly, more consistent with earlier Passport efforts and closer to fusion then the previous album. It is also the first album to feature the new Passport line-up, leaving Doldinger as the only original member. PASSPORT ~ GARDEN OF EDEN 1979 album, which markes Passport`s attempt to create a concept album with extensive thematic approach and a richer instrumentation then usual and adding vocals for the first time. Of course this does not mean the group is going `commercial`; Doldinger is simply evolving and changing his ways of expression to avoid stagnation. PASSPORT ~ OCEAN LINER 1980 album, following the idea initiated on the previous album this is also an attempt to create a concept theme-line around a sea journey. The group is back in the quintet line-up with no additional musicians, which of course does not influence their ability to create some wonderful sounds. PASSPORT ~ EARTHBORN 1982 album. With a new keyboards player and the original drummer (Curt Cress) back, Passport deliver another collection of great fusion tunes performed flawlessly. Considering tha quality of music in the 80`s, which was really quite unbearable, they managed to stay on track on record albums without compromising the quality one iota. PASSPORT ~ MAN IN THE MIRROR 1983 album. Same line-up as on the prevoius album and similar style, with good compositions and flawless performances. However, considering the musical climate of the 80`s, the fusion was running out of steam and record labels were unwilling to release albums in the genre. All this and Doldinger`s age in view, from now on future Passport albums will be few and far apart. PASSPORT ~ RUNNING IN REAL TIME 1985 album and one of Passport`s last recorded efforts. The quintet is enforced by some additional musicians and a female singer. The music is still strong and the playing excellent, but it is obvious that there is no much future in this and the band is running out of steam, which of course is a great pity as Passport were definitely one of the best bands ever. Have Fun! Adam Baruch Jazzis Web Shop https://www.jazzis.com/shop/Copyright©1996-2021,Tapuz Media Ltd. Forum software by XenForo® © 2010-2020 XenForo Ltd.
