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 Cane, reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and remained his only entry there.

Biography Winding was born in Aarhus, Denmark. appearing on four of the twelve tracks, while J. J. Johnson appeared on the other eight, having participated on the other two sessions. From left: Eddie Safranski, Winding, Stan Kenton, Pete Rugolo, and Shelly Manne, January 1946. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.

In 1954, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, Winding began a long association with Johnson, Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, "More" featured what is probably the first appearance of the French electronic 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 Jean-Jacques Perrey, a pioneer of electronic music. Winding experimented with ensembles again, recorded solo albums, and one album of country music with the Anita Kerr Singers. He followed Creed Taylor to A&M/CTI and made more albums with J. J. Johnson. He was a member of the all-star jazz group The Giants of Jazz in 1971.

Kai Winding was taken to a hospital because of a recurring brain disease that he was informed about while in Yonkers, New York, and later died from complications in May 1983.

Discography As leader/co-leader Loaded (1945) Kai Winding All Stars (Roost, 1949–51 ) Arrangements by Gerry Mulligan (1951) Brass Fever (1956) Trombone Panorama (Columbia, 1956) The Trombone Sound (Columbia, 1956) The Axidentals with the Kai Winding Trombones (ABC-Paramount, 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 Kenny Burrell – also released as !!!More!!! Solo (Verve, 1963) Kai Winding (Verve, 1963) That's Where It Is (SESAC, 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 Curtis Fuller Bone Appétit (Black & Blue, 1980) with Curtis Fuller Trombone Summit (MPS, 1981) with Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham In Cleveland 1957 (1994)

With J. J. Johnson The Four Trombones: The Debut Recordings (1953) An Afternoon at Birdland (RCA, 1954) Dec. 3, 1954 (Prestige, 1954) Jay & Kai (Savoy, 1952–54 ) K + J.J. (Bethlehem, 1955) Trombone for Two (Columbia, 1955) Trombone by Three (Prestige, 1949 ) Jay & Kai + 6 (Columbia, 1956) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (Columbia, 1956) Jay and Kai (Columbia, 1956) The Great Kai & J. J. (Impulse!, 1960) Israel (A&M/CTI, 1968) Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1968) Stonebone (A&M/CTI [Japan], 1969)

As sideman With Ralph Burns and Leonard Feather Winter Sequence (MGM, 1954)

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

With Stan Kenton Stan Kenton's Milestones (Capitol, 1943–47 ) Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1944–47 ) Artistry in Rhythm (Capitol, 1946) Encores (Capitol, 1947) The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, )

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, )

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

With Sarah Vaughan 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, Charlie Parker 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, Chris Connor 1955: Jumping with Ventura, Charlie Ventura 1956: Drummer Man, Gene Krupa 1957: Chris, Chris Connor 1957: Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis 1957: The Beat of My Heart, Tony Bennett 1959: Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements, Gene Krupa 1962: I Wanna Be Loved, Dinah Washington 1962: Rhythm Is My Business, Ella Fitzgerald 1962: Cabin in the Sky, Curtis Fuller 1963: Any Number Can Win, Jimmy Smith 1963: Broadway, Gerry Mulligan 1964: New Fantasy, Lalo Schifrin 1965: Jazz Dialogue, Modern Jazz Quartet 1965: The Shadow of Your Smile, Astrud Gilberto 1967: Prezervation, Stan Getz 1968: Summertime, Paul Desmond 1969: Chubby Jackson Sextet and Big Band, Chubby Jackson 1971: The Giants of Jazz, with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk 1972: Strictly Bebop, Dizzy Gillespie 1973: The Art of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Modern Jazz Quartet 1975: Chase the Clouds Away, Chuck Mangione 1977: Featured with the Tadd Dameron Band, Fats Navarro 1978: Children of Sanchez, Chuck Mangione 1979: Giant Bones '80, Curtis Fuller 1979: The New Mel Lewis Quintet Live, Mel Lewis