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The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones

The Kai Winding Trombones

Recorded	Nov 17 & Dec 13, 1960
Label	Impulse!
Released	1960
Personnel	14 credited players
Discogs	master 273442

The record

Cut for Impulse! in the label's early days, this stacks a trombone choir -- Winding leading a phalanx of tenor and bass slides -- over a rhythm section stacked with talent, Bill Evans among them. A brassy, unusual timbre experiment that trades single-horn lyricism for dense, brooding ensemble weight.

Session personnel

Bob Cranshaw — bass
Ron Carter — bass
Dick Lieb — bass trombone
Paul Faulise — bass trombone
Tony Studd — bass trombone
Al Beldini — drums
Sticks Evans — drums
Bill Evans — piano
Ross Tompkins — piano
John Messner — tenor trombone
Kai Winding — tenor trombone
Babatunde Olatunji — congas
Ray Starling — mellophone
Ephie Resnick — tenor trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 32 pressings on file.

1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1972	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	La Voce Del Padrone · QELP 8035 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1961	His Master's Voice · CLP. 1457 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Alternate Cover · gatefold
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1961	Karusell · PEP 2036 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Promo
1961	Karusell · PEP 2036 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP · laminated sleeve
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1961	Impulse! · A-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1963	Popular Records (2) · E-281 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · laminated sleeve