Musician Dictionary

Kai Winding

Danish-born American jazz composer and trombonist

DescriptionDanish-born American jazz composer and trombonist
Source: Wikidata
Born1922-05-18
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceAarhus Aarhus
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died1983-05-06
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathNew York Yonkers
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationrecording artist jazz musician composer musician
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentstrombone
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsColumbia Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofKai Winding & Carl Fontana's Cleveland Express The Miles Davis Nonet Metronome All Stars The Kai Winding Trombones Jay and Kai The Giants of Jazz Kai Winding & His Orchestra The Four Trombones Jay and Kai Quintet Georgie Auld's All-Stars Miles Davis And His Orchestra Woody Herman And His Orchestra Coleman Hawkins All Star Band Gene Krupa And His Orchestra Stan Kenton And His Orchestra Quincy Jones' All Star Big Band Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Stan Getz Quintet Pete Rugolo Orchestra Kai Winding And His Septet Neal Hefti's Orchestra Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop Brew Moore Sextet The Kai Winding Quintet The Kai Winding Sextet Brew Moore Septet Al Haig Sextet Kai's Krazy Cats Alvino Rey And His Orchestra Vido Musso And His Orchestra Kai Winding Quartet Tony Scott Septet Coleman Hawkins All Stars The Woody Herman Big Band The Birdlanders Chubby Jackson's Orchestra Johnny Richards And His Orchestra The Jay And Kai Quintet Woody Herman And His Third Herd George Williams And His Orchestra The J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding Trombone Octet Mel Lewis Quintet The Quincy Jones Big Band Kai Winding's New Jazz Group The Kai Winding Orchestra Tadd Dameron's Big Ten The Giants Of Jazz (2) The Mystery Band (3) Kai Winding All Stars Allen Keller And Trombones Kai Winding And His Birdland All-Stars Kai Winding's Birdlanders Ray Brown Quintet Urbie Green And Twenty Of The "World's Greatest" Brew Moore All Stars Teddy Reig All-Stars Terry Gibbs And His Orchestra (2) George Wallington Septet Jay And Kai Trombone Octet Don Elliott Septet
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz

Also known as

K K. K. Winding K.W. K.Winding Kae Winding Kai Kai Winding And Orchestra Kai Winding Orchestra Kai Winding Quartet Kai Wirding Kal Winding Kay Kay Windig Kay Winding Kei Winding The Great Kai Winding Wining ケイ・ウィンディング

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