Passport - Looking Thru (1974)

Some of the best jazz-rock recordings of the '70s were made by European bands, and Germany's Passport came out with some terrific stuff that had more going for it than much of the American fusion that was flooding the market then.

The music here may seem a bit dated, but there's absolutely no denying the incredible creative energies that impelled Klaus Doldinger (soprano & tenor saxophones, electric piano, organ, Moog synthesizer), Kristian Schultze (Fender electric piano, organ), Wolfgang Schmid (guitar, bass) and Curt Cress (drums, percussion) to go where few jazz-rock groups had ventured before. The synth work alone is worth the price of admission... There was a time when I just couldn't stop seeking out this kind of adventurous genre-blending work!