Modern Country (album)

Modern Country
Studio album by Kai Winding
Released	1964
Recorded	August 5 & 6, 1964
Studio	Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V/V6 8602
Producer	Creed Taylor
Kai Winding chronology
Mondo Cane #2 (1964) Modern Country (1964) Rainy Day (1965)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album four stars out of a possible five. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "I Really Don't Want to Know" (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes) - 3:05
2. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) - 3:15
3. "Wolverton Mountain" (Merle Kilgore, Claude King) - 2:19
4. "Bye Bye, Love" (Felice Bryant, Bouleux Bryant) - 2:19
5. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) - 2:52
6. "Wildwood Flower" (Cecil Null) - 2:04
7. "Detroit City" (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis) - 2:20
8. "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash) - 2:04
9. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) - 2:02
10. "Slippin' Around" (Floyd Tillman) - 2:46
11. "Gotta Travel On" (David Lazar, Larry Ehrlich, Paul Clayton, Tom Six) - 2:10
12. "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

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed June 23, 2016
2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed June 23, 2016
3. Payne, D. Kai Winding on Verve (1961-1967), accessed June 23, 2016
4. Modern Country – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved June 23, 2016.