Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and

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composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of " More", the theme from the movie ''

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'', reached in 1963 number 8 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and remained his only entry here.

Biography

Winding was born in

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, Denmark. His father, Ove Winding was a naturalized U.S. citizen, thus Kai, his mother and sisters, though born abroad were already U.S. citizens. In September 1934, his mother, Jenny Winding, moved Kai and his two sisters, Ann and Alice. Kai graduated in 1940 from

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in New York City and that same year began his career as a professional trombonist with Shorty Allen's band. Subsequently, he played with

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and

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, until he entered the

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during

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. After the war, Winding was a member of

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's orchestra, then

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's. He participated in '' Birth of the Cool'' sessions in 1949, appearing on four of the twelve tracks, while J. J. Johnson appeared on the other eight, having participated on the other two sessions. In 1954, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, Winding began a long association with Johnson, recording trombone duets for

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, then Columbia. He experimented with instruments in brass ensembles. The album ''Jay & Kai + 6'' (1956) featured a trombone octet and the

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. He composed and arranged many of the works he and Johnson recorded. During the 1960s, Winding began an association with

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and producer Creed Taylor. He released the first version of " Time Is On My Side" in 1963 before it was recorded by Irma Thomas and

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. His best selling recording from this period is " More," the theme from the movie ''

'', which reached number 8 in the

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and remained his only entry here. Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, "More" featured what is probably the first appearance of the French electronic music instrument the ondioline on an American recording. Although Winding was credited with playing the ondioline, guitarist Vinnie Bell, who worked on the session, claimed that it was played by

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. Kai Winding was taken to a hospital because of a reoccurring brain disease that he found out about while in Yonkers, New York, and later died from complications there sometime in 1983.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''Loaded'' (1945) * ''Kai Winding All Stars'' ( Roost, 1949–51

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* ''Arrangements by Gerry Mulligan'' (1951) * ''Brass Fever'' (1956) * '' Trombone Panorama'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' The Trombone Sound'' ( Columbia, 1956) * ''The Axidentals with the Kai Winding Trombones'' (

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, 1958) * '' The Swingin' States'' (Columbia, 1958) * '' Dance to the City Beat'' (Columbia, 1959) * '' The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones'' ( Impulse!, 1960) * '' Kai Olé'' ( Verve, 1961) * ''Brand New Swinging Together Again'' (1961) * '' Suspense Themes in Jazz'' (Verve, 1962) * ''The Great Kai Winding Sound'' (1962) * '' Soul Surfin''' (Verve, 1963) featuring

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– also released as ''!!!More!!!'' * ''

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'' (Verve, 1963) * ''

Kai Winding Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of " More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...

'' (Verve, 1963) * ''That's Where It Is'' (

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, 1963) * '' Mondo Cane No. 2'' (Verve, 1964) * '' Modern Country'' (Verve, 1965) * '' Rainy Day'' (Verve, 1965) * '' The In Instrumentals'' (Verve, 1965) * '' Dirty Dog'' (Verve, 1966) * '' More Brass'' (Verve, 1966) * '' Penny Lane & Time'' (Verve, 1967) * ''Danish Blue'' (1974) * ''Caravan'' (Glendale, 1977) * ''Jazz Showcase'' (1977) * ''Lionel Hampton Presents Kai Winding'' (1977) * ''Duo Bones'' ( Red, 1979) with Dino Piana * '' Giant Bones '80'' (Sonet, 1980) with

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* ''Bone Appétit'' ( Black & Blue, 1980) with Curtis Fuller * ''Trombone Summit'' ( MPS, 1981) with

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, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham * ''In Cleveland 1957'' (1994) With J. J. Johnson * ''The Four Trombones: The Debut Recordings'' (1953) * ''An Afternoon at Birdland'' (

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, 1954) * ''Dec. 3, 1954'' (Prestige, 1954) * ''Jay & Kai'' (

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, 1952–54 955 * '' K + J.J.'' (

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, 1955) * '' Trombone for Two'' (Columbia, 1955) * ''Trombone by Three'' (

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, 1949

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* ''

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'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' Jay and Kai'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' The Great Kai & J. J.'' (Impulse!, 1960) * ''

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'' ( A&M/ CTI, 1968) * ''

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'' (A&M/CTI, 1968) * '' Stonebone'' (A&M/CTI apan 1969)

As sideman

With Ralph Burns and

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*'' Winter Sequence'' (MGM, 1954) With

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* 1963 '' Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits'' (Mercury, 1963) * 1965 '' Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury, 1959-65 965 * 1969 ''Walking in Space'' * 1976 ''I Heard That!'' With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1943–47

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* '' Stan Kenton Classics'' (Capitol, 1944–47

* '' Artistry in Rhythm'' (Capitol, 1946) * '' Encores'' (Capitol, 1947) * '' The Kenton Era'' (Capitol, 1940–54, 955 With King Pleasure * 1954 ''King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings'' * 1954 ''The Original Moody's Mood'' * 1955 ''King Pleasure'' With Pete Rugolo * '' Rugolomania'' (Columbia, 1955) * '' New Sounds by Pete Rugolo'' (Harmony, 1954–55, 957 With

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* 1949 '' The Brothers'' * 1952 ''Zoot Sims All Stars'' * 1962 ''Good Old Zoot'' With

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* 1955 ''In the Land of Hi-Fi'' * 1957 ''The George Gershwin Songbook, Vol. 1'' * 1958 ''The Rodgers & Hart Songbook'' * 1965 ''Viva! Vaughan'' With others * 1950 ''Carnegie Hall X-Mas '49'',

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* 1950 ''Chubby Jackson All Star Big Band'', Chubby Jackson * 1951 ''The George Wallington Trio'', George Wallington * 1954 '' Oscar Pettiford Sextet'', Oscar Pettiford * 1955 ''This Is Chris'',

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* 1955 ''Jumping with Ventura'', Charlie Ventura * 1956 ''Drummer Man'',

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* 1957 ''Chris'', Chris Connor * 1957 ''Birth of the Cool'',

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* 1957 ''The Beat of My Heart'',

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* 1959 ''Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements'', Gene Krupa * 1962 ''I Wanna Be Loved'',

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* 1962 ''Rhythm Is My Business'',

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* 1962 '' Cabin in the Sky'',

* 1963 ''Any Number Can Win'', Jimmy Smith * 1963 ''Broadway'',

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* 1964 '' New Fantasy'',

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* 1965 '' Jazz Dialogue'' ,

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* 1965 ''The Shadow of Your Smile'', Astrud Gilberto * 1967 ''Prezervation'',

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* 1968 '' Summertime'', Paul Desmond * 1969 ''Chubby Jackson Sextet and Big Band'', Chubby Jackson * 1971 '' The Giants of Jazz'' with

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

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* 1972 ''Strictly Bebop'', Dizzy Gillespie * 1973 ''The Art of the Modern Jazz Quartet'', Modern Jazz Quartet * 1975 ''Chase the Clouds Away'',

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* 1977 ''Featured with the Tadd Dameron Band'', Fats Navarro * 1978 ''Children of Sanchez'', Chuck Mangione * 1979 ''Giant Bones'', Curtis Fuller * 1979 ''The New Mel Lewis Quintet Live'', Mel Lewis

Notes

References

External links

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The Incredible Kai Winding at Trombone Page of the World
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Kai Winding: More (Theme From Mondo Cane)
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