Passport-Ataraxia (1978)

Passport are one of the most recognized jazz rock bands that contributed with some of the best albums in the genre. Led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, in 1971 he formed this spectacular band together with several German musicians, among whom were drummer Curt Cress, bassist Wolfgang Schmid and keyboard player Kristian Schultze.
After getting a contract with Atlantic Records they recorded a series of great albums highly appreciated by jazz-rock fans such as "Passport" (71), "Second Passport" (72), "Looking Thru" (73), "Cross- Collateral" (75), "Infinity Machine"(76), "Iguacu"(77), "Ataraxia" (78), "Garden of Eden"(79) or "Ocean Liner"(1980).
Ataraxia would be his tenth album and one of the most acclaimed of his career, for the recording of this work Doldinger would recruit a series of additional South American musicians to give an ethnic flavor to the final sound of the album.
This album contains a series of great compositions like the intro "Ataraxia part 1 and part 2" with a synth introduction that gives way to an exquisite sax played sublime by Doldinger.
Other songs like the cinematic "Sky Blue" or the addictive "Mandrake", "Reng Ding Deng Dong" or "Loco-Motive" leave us with an exquisite album of great jazz fusion.