KAI WINDING was born in Aarhus Denmark. He moved to NYC in 1934 and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1940. He played trombone in the Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton orchestras. He then made a series of duo trombone albums with J. J. Johnson. In 1963, he was the first to record "Time Is On My Side" which was covered a year later by The Rolling Stones.
KAI WARNER was born in Bremen Germany. He moved to NYC in the late 40s/early 50s. There he studied music at New York University. In 1958, he returned to Germany where he tossed aside the trombone and became a bandleader instead. See, Kai Warner isn't his real name: its Werner Last. His brother is the ubiquitous James Last. In all, three Last brothers became bandleaders: James, Werner & Robert.
SI ZENTNER was actually born in NYC. Si was also a bandleader besides playing the trombone. In fact, he was still leading a big band after almost everyone else had given up on the idea. He finally called it quits in the mid 60s and moved to Vegas. There doesn't seem to be much reason for me to confuse Si with the two Kais (except for the trombone connection) but I do.
On the audio, I've got Kai Warner & Si Zentner to both play "A Hard Day's Night" so you can hear the difference between the two. As far as I know, Mr Winding did not record that song so instead I've got him playing his original version of "Time Is On My Side".
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