Betwixt & Between
Betwixt & Between is an album by American jazz trombonists Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label. The album features jazz interpretations of popular tunes linked by brief Baroque interludes.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and stated "there are experiments all over this quintessentially '60s project... A fascinating, no doubt controversial, record".Track listing
- "Casa Forte/Bach Chorale #237" - 4:20
- "Betwixt & Between/Plus Nine" - 3:30
- "Little Drummer Boy/Troika" - 2:10
- "Don't Go Love, Don't Go/Bach Chorale #241" - 3:30
- "Mojave/Bach Chorale #134" - 3:30
- "Stormy" - 2:40
- "Smoky/Onion Rings Rondo" - 3:20
- "Wichita Lineman/Bach Invention #4" - 3:04
- "Just a Funky Old Vegetable Bin/Bach Invention #1" - 3:20
- "Willie, Come Home" - 3:30
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 22 & 29, November 15 & 26 and December 5, 1968 and January 9, 1969
Personnel
- J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding - trombone, arranger
- Marvin Stamm - flugelhorn
- Tony Studd - bass trombone
- Paul Ingraham - French horn
- Herbie Hancock - piano
- Charles Covington - organ
- Roger Kellaway - clavinet, arranger
- Joe Beck, Eric Gale, Stuart Scharf - guitar
- Chuck Domanico, Russell George, Chuck Rainey - electric bass
- Ron Carter - bass
- Leo Morris, Denny Seiwell - drums
- Airto Moreira - drums, finger cymbals
- Warren Smith - tambourine
- Fred Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, George Ockner, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Joyce Robbins, Aaron Rosand, Tosha Samaroff, Julius Schacter, Jack Zayde - violin