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Passport
Group · Germany · Munich · formed 1971
German jazz ensemble
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Also known as パスポート
Timeline
1 events◆ Formed 1
1970s
Biography
English biography69 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354253617
Biography
Passport was a German jazz fusion ensemble led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger. Formed in 1971, their first recording was issued the same year. The band's membership had had numerous changes over the years. The lineup that brought them to European and international prominence in the mid 1970s consisted of Doldinger, drummer Curt Cress, guitarist/bassist Wolfgang Schmid and keyboardist Kristian Schultze. The group has recorded for Atlantic and Warner Bros.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 55 | 94.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Passport head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 55 | 94.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udo Lindenberg | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passport_E8245089.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832491genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832491seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Nomo michael hoefner http://www.zwo5.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q832491 · MusicBrainz: 6082f427-055a-4b27-819f-06f17fd1bda9
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