Klaus Doldinger

   
Artist: Klaus Doldinger

   Genre(s): 
Electronic: Progressive
   

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Discography:


   
 Constellation

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 9

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Klaus Doldinger, best-known for leading the first-class optical fusion group Passport in the seventies and '80s, has had a diverse and occasional calling. He started stunned studying pianissimo in 1947 and clarinet quint days later, playing in Dixieland bands in the fifties. By 1961, he had become a modern tenor saxist, running with such peak visiting and expatriate Americans as Don Ellis, Johnny Griffin, Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, and Kenny Clarke, recording as a leader for Philips, World Pacific, and Liberty. However, in 1970, he initiated a long series of fusion-oriented roger Sessions for Atlantic that featured his tenor, soprano, fluting, and periodic keyboards with an galvanizing calendar method of birth control section. In plus to writing music for films (including Coney Boot) and goggle box in Europe, Doldinger has remained active as a player wHO occasionally explores his roots in hard boP into the late '90s, but because he has always lived in Europe, he remains underrated in the U.S.

Get Smart Takes It To The Max

Get Smart, starring Steve Carell as title character Maxwell Smart, took in $38.68 million over the weekend, well above estimates by box-office predictors and Warner Bros., the studio that released it, according to final figures released Monday by Media by Numbers. The only other film to open wide, Paramount's The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers, found little love among moviegoers as it debuted in fourth place with just $13.91 million. Meanwhile, the second week of Universal's The Incredible Hulk slipped to second place with $22.14 million, while Kung Fu Panda, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount, brought in $21.93 million in its third week. Meanwhile, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull remained at the top of the international box office for the third week in a row with $25 million. The film has now taken in $392 million overseas versus $291 million at home. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Get Smart, Warner Bros., $38,683,480, (New); 2. The Incredible Hulk, Universal, $22,136,060, 2 Wks. ($97,055,430); 3. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $21,934,716, 3 Wks. ($155,830,875); 4. The Love Guru, Paramount, $13,907,130, (New); 5. The Happening, 20th Century Fox, $10,482,146, 2 Wks. ($50,749,495); 6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $8,540,313, 5 Wks. ($290,961,044); 7. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Sony, $7,453,215, 3 Wks. ($84,308,418); 8. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $6,532,394, 4 Wks. ($132,452,769); 9. Iron Man, Paramount, $4,030,272, 8 Wks. ($304,816,141); 10. The Strangers, Universal, $2,122,410, 4 Wks. ($49,759,735).


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Reuters reports that Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ordered on Monday that the psychiatrist file a report on the 26-year-old's mental condition by 13 February.
On 14 February it will be decided how much longer Spears' assets should remain under the temporary control of her father and his attorney.
Commissioner Gordon also said that a restraining order against Spears' self-styled manager and confidant, Sam Lutfi, forbids him from any form of contact with her.
Spears was taken to the UCLA Medical Center for a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation last week; her stay has now been extended to two weeks.

Actor Heath Ledger found dead in New York

Actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in New York.
Police say he was found in his home in SoHo by a housekeeper.  The cause of his death is as yet unknown but policespokesperson, Paul Browne, said that they are investigating the possibility of a drugs overdose.
The 28-year-old star of Brokeback Mountain has a daughter with Michelle Williams, his co-star on that film.  The couple reportedly split-up last year.