# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kai-winding
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:45.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kai-winding"
name: "Kai Winding"
slug: "kai-winding"
description: "Kai Chresten Winding was an 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 number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and remained his only entry there."
tagline: "Danish-born American jazz composer and trombonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GottliebKaiWinding_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-05-18"
deathDate: "1983-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.138446187035227
  historical:           18.94071866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934718/"
    handle:    "nm0934718"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://bjbear71.com/Winding/Kai.html"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Kai Winding"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump