Modern Country (album)

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]

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)

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.