title: Kai Olé
text: # Kai Olé
  
  Kai Olé is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding recorded in 1961 for the Verve label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  The Allmusic review by Tony Wilds observed "Before Herb Alpert provided the hit transition from Latin brass to mod brass, Winding made this deluxe gatefold mod/Latin/jazz album. Surprisingly, Latin percussion yields him a lot more freedom than the yet more rigid big beat of the later, near-rock, mod sound. ...Kai Ole uniquely explores a new area of Latin jazz but never quite reaches critical mass".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Hacia el Fin de la Terra (To The Ends Of The Earth)" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) - 2:49
  * "Amor" (Gabriel Ruiz, the original Spanish lyrics by Ricardo López Méndez) - 2:42
  * "Them There Ojos (Them There Eyes)" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber and William Tracey) - 2:20
  * "Caribe" (Kai Winding) - 2:42
  * "Esto Es Felicidad" (Bobby Collazo, José Carbó Menéndez, Orlando De LaRosa) - 2:39
  * "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) - 2:45
  * "Hojas de Otoño (Autumn Leaves)" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) - 3:03
  * "Dansero" (Lee Daniels, Richard Hayman, Sol Parker) - 2:50
  * "Que Pasa?" (Winding) - 2:39
  * "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 2:49
  * "Adios" (Enric Madriguera, Eddie Woods) - 2:23
  * "Surrey with the Fringe Arriba (Surrey with the Fringe on Top)" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:46
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Kai Winding, Billy Byers - trombone, arranger
  * Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen - trumpet
  * Clark Terry - flugelhorn
  * Tony Studd, George West - bass trombone
  * Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  * Danny Bank - baritone saxophone, clarinet
  * Ross Tompkins - piano
  * Harold Gaylor - bass
  * Ray Rodriguez - bongos
  * Other unidentified musicians
  