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.

Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album four stars out of a possible five.

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