''The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones'' is an album by American jazz trombonist Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography
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Reception

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Fine straight-ahead music obviously most enjoyed by listeners who like the sound of trombones".Yanow, S
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Track listing

# " Speak Low" ( Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) — 4:08 # "Lil Darlin'" (

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) — 4:07 # " Doodlin'" (

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) — 3:36 # " Love Walked In" (

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, Ira Gershwin) — 2:56 # " Mangos" (Dee Libby, Sid Wayne) — 3:46 # "Impulse" (Kai Winding) — 3:14 # " Black Coffee" (

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" ( Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) — 4:02 # "Michie" (Slow) (Winding) — 3:05 # "Michie" (Fast) (Winding) — 3:48 :*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 17, 1960 (tracks 6 & 9), November 21, 1960 (tracks 1, 4 & 5), November 23, 1960 (tracks 2 & 3) and December 13, 1960 (tracks 7, 8 & 10)

Personnel

* Kai Winding —

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

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(tracks 7, 8 & 10), Johnny Messner (tracks 1-5), Ephie Resnick (tracks 6 & 9) — trombone * Paul Faulise, Dick Lieb (tracks 7, 8 & 10), Tony Studd (tracks 1-6 & 9) — bass trombone * Bill Evans (tracks 7, 8 & 10), Ross Tompkins (tracks 1-6 & 9) —

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Ray Starling (tracks 1 & 2) — mellophone * Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-6 & 9), Ron Carter (tracks 7, 8 & 10) — bass * Al Beldini (tracks 1-6 & 9), Sticks Evans (tracks 7, 8 & 10) — drums * Olatunji - congas (tracks 1 & 5)

References

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