Anthony Alessandrini , better known by his stage name Tony Aless (August 28, 1921 – January 11, 1988) was an American jazz pianist.
8-1102: Alessandrini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anthony Alessandrini (1921-1988), American jazz pianist Antonio Alessandrini (1786-1861), Italian zoologist Cristian Alessandrini (born 1985), Argentine footballer Gerard Alessandrini (born 1953), American playwright Giancarlo Alessandrini (born 1950), Italian comic artist Giulio Alessandrini (1506-1590), Italian Renaissance physician Giulio Alessandrini (parasitologist) (1866-1954), Italian parasitologist Goffredo Alessandrini (1904-1978), Italian script writer and film director Lorenza Alessandrini (born 1990), Italian ice dancer Marco Alessandrini (born 1970), Italian politician Renato Alessandrini (1890-1928), Italian explorer Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 1960), Italian musician Romain Alessandrini (born 1989), French footballer Valeria Alessandrini (born 1975), Italian politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
16-573: A professional trombonist with Shorty Allen's band. Subsequently, he played with Sonny Dunham and Alvino Rey , until he entered the United States Coast Guard during World War II . After the war, Winding was a member of Benny Goodman 's orchestra, then Stan Kenton 's. He participated in Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949, appearing on four of the twelve tracks, while J. J. Johnson appeared on
24-973: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Anthony Alessandrini Aless worked with Bunny Berigan late in the 1930s and with Johnny McGhee , Teddy Powell , and Vaughn Monroe early in the 1940s. He served in the United States Army during World War II, then played with Charlie Spivak and Woody Herman . Subsequently he worked with George Auld , Flip Phillips , Chubby Jackson , Neal Hefti , Stan Getz , Elliot Lawrence , Seldon Powell , and Charlie Parker . He also worked frequently on radio and television. His 1955 Roost Records release Long Island Suite featured J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding on trombone and Dave Schildkraut on saxophone. With Stan Getz With Charlie Parker With Jack Sterling Quintet Kai Winding Kai Chresten Winding ( / ˈ k aɪ ˈ w ɪ n d ɪ ŋ / KY WIN -ding ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983)
32-458: 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
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48-399: 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, recording trombone duets for Savoy Records , then Columbia . He experimented with instruments in brass ensembles. The album Jay & Kai + 6 (1956) featured a trombone octet and the trombonium . He composed and arranged many of
56-565: The works he and Johnson recorded. During the 1960s, Winding began an association with Verve Records and producer Creed Taylor . He released the first version of " Time Is On My Side " in 1963 before it was recorded by Irma Thomas and The Rolling Stones . His best selling recording from this period is " More ," the theme from the movie Mondo Cane , which reached number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 and remained his only entry here. Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman , "More" featured what
64-770: 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. His father, Ove Winding was a naturalized U.S. citizen, thus Kai, his mother and sisters, though born abroad were already U.S. citizens. In September 1934, his mother, Jenny Winding, moved Kai and his two sisters, Ann and Alice. Kai graduated in 1940 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and that same year began his career as
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