Kai winding trombone bio

KAI WINDING 1922 - 1983

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One of the finest trombonists to emerge from the bebop era, Kai Winding was always to an extent overshadowed by J.J.

Johnson, although they co-led one of the most popular jazz groups of the mid-'50s.

Kai Chresten Winding was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer.

Kai Winding was a trombonist and composer who emerged from the bebop era.

Kai Chresten Winding was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer.

Winding led a four-trombone septet off and on through the latter half of the 1950s and into the '60s, was music director for the Playboy clubs in New York, and.

Kai Winding, the Danish-born jazz trombonist, died Friday after suffering a coronary attack in St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers.

Born in Denmark, Winding immigrated to the US with his family when he was 12.

He had short stints with the orchestras of Alvino Rey and Sonny Dunham and played in a service band in the Coast Guard for three years. Winding's first burst of fame occurred during his year with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1946-47) during which his phrasing influenced and was adopted by the other trombonists, leading to a permanent change in the Kenton sound.

He also participated in some early bop sessions, played with Tadd Dameron (1948-49) and was on one of the Miles Davis nonet's famous recording sessions.

After playing with the big bands of Charlie Ventura and Benny Goodman, he formed a quintet with J.J.

Johnson (1954-56); t