Betwixt & Between
Studio album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson
Released	1969
Recorded	October 22 & 29, November 15 & 26 and December 5, 1968 and January 9, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:54
Label	A&M/ CTI SP 3016
Producer	Creed Taylor
Kai Winding chronology
Kai & J. J.: Israel (1968) J & K: Betwixt & Between (1969) J & K: Stonebone (1969)
J. J. Johnson chronology
Kai & J. J.: Israel (1968) J & K: Betwixt & Between (1969) J & K: Stonebone (1969)

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. ^[1] 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". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Casa Forte/ Bach Chorale #237" ( Edu Lobo/ Johann Sebastian Bach) - 4:20
2. "Betwixt & Between/Plus Nine" (Anthony Dorsey/Kai Winding) - 3:30
3. " Little Drummer Boy/Troika" ( Katherine Kennicott Davis/Bach) - 2:10
4. "Don't Go Love, Don't Go/Bach Chorale #241" (J. A. Ryan, Jim Lacy/Bach) - 3:30
5. "Mojave/Bach Chorale #134" ( Antônio Carlos Jobim/Bach) - 3:30
6. "Stormy" ( Buddy Buie, James Cobb) - 2:40
7. "Smoky/Onion Rings Rondo" (J. J. Johnson/Kai Winding) - 3:20
8. " Wichita Lineman/ Bach Invention #4" ( Jimmy Webb/Bach) - 3:04
9. "Just a Funky Old Vegetable Bin/Bach Invention #1" ( Roger Kellaway/Bach) - 3:20
10. "Willie, Come Home" (J. Millar, R, George) - 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

References