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Danish born American jazz composer and trombonist

Kai Chresten Winding ('/k//aɪ// /'/w//ɪ//n//d//ɪ//ŋ/ KY WINding; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie Mondo Cane, reached in 1963 number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 and remained his only entry here.

Winding was born in Aarhus, Denmark. appearing on four of the twelve tracks, while J. J. Johnson appeared on the other eight, having participated on the other two sessions. In 1954, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, Winding began a long association with Johnson, Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, "More" featured what is probably the first appearance of the French electronic music instrument the ondioline on an American recording. Although Winding was credited with playing the ondioline, guitarist Vinnie Bell, who worked on the session, claimed that it was played by Jean Jacques Perrey, a pioneer of electronic music. Winding experimented with ensembles again, recorded solo albums, and one album of country music with the Anita Kerr Singers. He followed Creed Taylor to A&M/CTI and made more albums with J. J. Johnson. He was a member of the all star jazz group Giants of Jazz in 1971. Kai Winding was taken to a hospital because of reoccuring a brain disease that he found out about while in Yonkers, New York, and later died from complications there sometime in 1983.