| Modern Country | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | August 5 & 6, 1964 Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve V/V6 8602 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Kai Winding chronology | ||||
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Modern Country is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding featuring jazz adaptations of country music songs recorded with members of The Nashville A-Team in 1964 for the Verve label.[1][2][3]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album four stars out of a possible five.[4]
Track listing
- "I Really Don't Want to Know" (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes) - 3:05
- "Busted" (Harlan Howard) - 3:15
- "Wolverton Mountain" (Merle Kilgore, Claude King) - 2:19
- "Bye Bye, Love" (Felice Bryant, Bouleux Bryant) - 2:19
- "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) - 2:52
- "Wildwood Flower" (Cecil Null) - 2:04
- "Detroit City" (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis) - 2:20
- "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash) - 2:04
- "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) - 2:02
- "Slippin' Around" (Floyd Tillman) - 2:46
- "Gotta Travel On" (David Lazar, Larry Ehrlich, Paul Clayton, Tom Six) - 2:10
- "Dang Me" (Roger Miller) - 1:57
- Recorded in Nashville, TN on August 5, 1964 (tracks 1–4) and August 6, 1964 (tracks 5–12)
Personnel
- Kai Winding - trombone, arranger, conductor
- Gene Mullins, Bill Watrous - trombone
- Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, Grady Martin, Wayne Moss - guitar
- Joe Zinkan - bass
- Murrey Harman, Doug Kirkham- drums
- The Anita Kerr Singers - vocal group (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7–11)
- Orchestra conducted by Grady Martin
- Bill McElhiney - arranger, conductor
References
- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed June 23, 2016
- ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed June 23, 2016
- ^ Payne, D. Kai Winding on Verve (1961-1967), accessed June 23, 2016
- ^ a b Modern Country – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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