Klaus Doldinger: Die Blues auf Deutsch

NDR Jazz Workshop Band - Waltz of the Jive Cats
Etta James and Friends - Stormy Monday Blues
From Doldinger's Best: ACT9224-2 [Buy]

Born in Berlin, German musician Klaus Doldinger is probably best known for his "fusion" (what a yucky term) band Passport, which has been operating since 1971, and for his film scores for Das Boot and The Neverending Story/Die Unendliche Geschichte. Perhaps he is the polar opposite of his fellow countryman and reedman Peter Brötzmann?

Here he is blowing his way to a frenzy on his instrument of choice - firstly on his own composition Waltz of the Jive Cats with a German radio band featuring Johnny Griffin, Donald Byrd and the late Nils Henning Øersted-Pedersen (among others...) in 1964.

And then a live recording from the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, with Etta James, David Newman (ss), Herbie Mann (fl), Brian Ray (g), Jeff Berlin (b), Richard Tee (p) and Steve Jordan (d).