More Brass
''More Brass'' is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding recorded in 1966 for the Verve label.Payne, DKai Winding on Verve (1961-1967) accessed June 23, 2016 Reception The Allmusic site gave the album 3 stars. Track listing # "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 3:10 # " Walk On the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein, Mack David) - 3:10 # " Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 2:45 # "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:10 # "Strange" (Marvin Fisher, John LaTouche) - 2:10 # "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) - 2:00 # " Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 3:30 # " Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 3:37 # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Washington) - 4:10 # "Harper" (Johnny Mandel) - 2:15 # " Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:50 Personnel *Kai Winding - trombone, arranger *Wayne Andre, Carl Fontana, Urbie Green, John Messner, Bill Tole, Bill Watrous ...
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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 in 1963 number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 and remained his only entry here. Biography Winding was born in Aarhus, 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 Stuyvesant High School in New York City and that same year began his career as a professional trombonist with Shorty Allen's band. Subsequently, he played with Sonny Dunham and Alvino Rey, until he entered the United States Coast Guard during World War II. After the war, Winding was a member of Benny Goodman's orchestra, then Stan Kenton's. He partic ...
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