Seawind
Seawind with DJ Kamasami Kong in 1977.
From left to right: Jerry Hey, Bob Wilson, Kim Hutchcroft, Pauline Wilson, Bud Nuañez, Ken Wild, Larry Williams, and Kamasami Kong.
Seawind with DJ Kamasami Kong in 1977.
From left to right: and Kamasami Kong.
Background information
Origin： Hawaii
Genres：
R&B・funk・soul・jazz fusion・rock・Christian pop
Years active： 1974–1982, 2005–2009?
Labels ：
CTI・Horizon・A&M・CBS/Sony
Members：
　Pauline Wilson(Vocal)
　Bob Wilson(Drum)
　Jerry Hey
　Kim Hutchcroft
　Ken Wild
　Bud Nuañez
　Larry Williams
　
Website： seawindjazz.com
Seawind was Hawaian jazz fusion band from Hawaii in an American State, consisting of its lead singer Pauline Wilson, guitarist Bud Nuañez, bassist Ken Wild, drummer Bob Wilson, keyboardist and saxophonist Larry Williams, saxophone and flute player Kim Hutchcroft, and trumpeter Jerry Hey.[1] Seawind recorded two albums for CTI Records, one for Horizon Records and one for A&M Records.[2]

Seawind achieved a Grammy nomination in the category Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) in 1978 for the song The Devil Is a Liar.[3]

Contents[show/hide]
1 Background
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

A notable part of the band's sound was the "Seawind Horns" (trumpeter Jerry Hey, sax and flute player Kim Hutchcroft, and sax, flute and keyboard player Larry Williams), who went on to provide backing instrumentals and arrangements for performers such as Earth, Wind & Fire(EWF), George Benson, Thriller, Off the Wall and Bad etc
Hey left Seawind as a touring member in 1979 but continued as a recording member of the band through 1980. Trumpeter Larry Hall, an original member of the band when they were called "OX",[4] rejoined the group in 2005. Hey and Hall are longtime friends and both are top-call recording session musicians.

The band released the single "Gotta Be Willing To Lose" under the band name Ox[1] on Warped Records . To avoid possible legal issues with religious namr John and Michael band,
who was called Ox as well, they decided to rename the band to Seawind.[1] The first single under the band name Seawind "One Sweet Night" was released 1977 on CTI records. When the act signed with A&M, they released in 1980 "The Two Of Us" as their second single, followed by the single called populous "What Cha Doin'",[5] which became a modest hit on Billboard's Disco/Dance Chart in November 1980, peaking at number 28.[6]

In 1981, Bob & Pauline Wilson released a contemporary Christian music album, Somebody Loves You, which, although technically not a Seawind album, features the same trademark sound with the same musicians and vocalists. Seawind broke up in 1982, but reunited in 2005 for a Los Angeles concert performance and then began work on a new CD, which took them over three years to complete. After the breaking up of Seawind in 1982 Pauline Wilson went on and recorded 3 solo records including contributions by some of the former band members from Seawind: Intuition in 1992, Only You in 1997 and Tribute in 2001. Pauline Wilson is the first vocalist from Hawaii to win a Grammy award (Peak chart positions, singing a duet with George Benson on the album In Harmony – A Sesame Street Record, which won Grammy Award for Best Album for Children in 1980).[7]

In 1995, a Seawind compilation CD Remember was released on Noteworthy Records. Remember includes five tracks recorded during sessions for their never-completed fifth album. Seawind's 2009 CD Reunion was released on Village Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
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Discography
Studio albums
Title and Album details
Seawind Released: 1976 by Label: CTI Records
Window of a Child Released: 1977 by Label: CTI Records
Light the Light Released: 1979 by Label: Horizon Records
　”FREE(Instrumental in the Seven Time Signatures)”

Seawind Released: 1980 by Label: A&M Records
Reunion Released: July 7, 2009 by Label: Village Records

Compilation albums
1995 – Remember
Singles
unknown year - "Gotte be Willing To Lose" under the band name "Ox"
　1976 – "Make Up Your Mind"
　1977 – "One Sweet Night"
　1979 – "Hold On to Love"
　1980 – "What Cha Doin'"
　1980 – "The Two of Us"
The Seawind horns as sidemen/guest artist
　1979 - Michael Jackson "Off The Wall"
　1982 – Marlene (with Seawind horns) "Summer Nights"
　1982 - Michael Jackson "Thriller"
　1987 - Michael Jackson "Bad"
　1992 - Pauline Wilson "Intuition"
　1997 - Pauline Wilson "Only You"
　2001 - Pauline Wilson "Tribute"
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References[edit]
"Interview: Pauline Wilson Traces The History of Seawind". Aloha Got Soul. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
"Seawind | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
"1977 Grammy Winners". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1979-03-10). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1980-11-15). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
"The CD's". www.seawindjazz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
"1980 Grammy Winners". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
"Seawind Chart History". Billboard 200. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
"Seawind Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
External links
Official group site
Seawind at Discogs

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Seawind International Seawind
Role Amphibian
Manufacturer Seawind LLC
First flight 23 August 1982
Status Seawind 2000 - production completed
Seawind 3000 - production completed in December 2002
Seawind 300C - undergoing certification (summer 2014)
Number built From kits: about 80, prototypes: 2
Certified aircraft: none (undergoing certification)
The Seawind is a family of composite, four-seat, amphibian airplanes that all feature a single tail-mounted engine. They have been produced as kits and were at one time under development to be sold as completed aircraft.

The Seawind design originated in Canada, where the prototype flew for the first time on 23 August 1982. Later development and production was carried out by Seawind International of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, before the rights were acquired by SNA and production moved to Kimberton, Pennsylvania, United States. The major production versions of the Seawind line consist of the kit-built Seawind2000 and Seawind3000 and the Seawind300C that was under development by Seawind LLC, also of Kimberton, Pennsylvania. The Seawind 3000 was introduced in 1993.

Production of Seawind 3000 kits was suspended in 2002 to concentrate on certification of the 300C and the kits are no longer available.[1]

The Seawind 300C was intended to be the certified production version, derived from the kit-built Seawind 3000. It incorporated many changes required to conform to the certification standards. The company indicated that certification flight testing would continue after the crash of the prototype on August 16, 2007, but did not actually resume until early 2010. Certification flight testing continued through the summer and autumn of 2011, but by the end of 2020 the company website had been taken down and the company seems to have ceased business.[2][3]
Variants[edit]
Seawind
Prototype Seawind aircraft
Seawind 2000
A kit version released by Seawind international at Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
Seawind 3000
Kits produced by SNA in Kimberton, Pennsylvania
Seawind 300C
a proposed factory production aircraft derived from previous Seawind kits.

References[edit]
^ a.b.c "The Seawind Flyer" Sedo Domain Parking. "seawind.net". Archived from the original on 18 December 2020.
^ "Seawind Announces Stall Prevention System - AVweb flash Article" Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register accessed 22 September 2007
FAA Registry - Aircraft Registration Inquiry accessed 22 September 2007 Archived 5 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
"Seawind LLC". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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