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.Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed June 23, 2016Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed June 23, 2016Payne, D. Kai Winding on Verve (1961-1967), accessed June 23, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album four stars out of a possible five.
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
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