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This article is about the album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson. For the book by Albert Camus, see Betwixt and Between. 1969 studio album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson
Betwixt & Between
Studio album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson
Released1969
RecordedOctober 22 & 29, November 15 & 26 and December 5, 1968 and January 9, 1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length32:54
LabelA&M/CTI
SP 3016
ProducerCreed 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. 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".

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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

References

  1. CTI Records discography accessed February 9, 2012
  2. ^ Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 9, 2012
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