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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.

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

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Released: 1964
Recorded: August 5 & 6, 1964
Studio: Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)
Label: Verve
V/V6 8602
Producer: Creed Taylor