Betwixt & Between
1969 studio album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson
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
"Casa Forte/Bach Chorale #237 " (Edu Lobo /Johann Sebastian Bach ) - 4:20
"Betwixt & Between/Plus Nine" (Anthony Dorsey/Kai Winding) - 3:30
"Little Drummer Boy /Troika" (Katherine Kennicott Davis /Bach) - 2:10
"Don't Go Love, Don't Go/Bach Chorale #241" (J. A. Ryan, Jim Lacy/Bach) - 3:30
"Mojave/Bach Chorale #134" (Antônio Carlos Jobim /Bach) - 3:30
"Stormy" (Buddy Buie , James Cobb ) - 2:40
"Smoky/Onion Rings Rondo" (J. J. Johnson/Kai Winding) - 3:20
"Wichita Lineman /Bach Invention #4 " (Jimmy Webb /Bach) - 3:04
"Just a Funky Old Vegetable Bin/Bach Invention #1" (Roger Kellaway /Bach) - 3:20
"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
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader WithKai Winding Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley , 1966)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Basie Jam (Count Basie , 1973)
The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell , 1969)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd , 1964)
New York Slick (Ron Carter , 1979)
Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis , 1949–50)
Young Man with a Horn /Miles Davis Volume 1 /Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
Summertime (Paul Desmond , 1968)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham , 1955)
At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald , 1957)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1949)
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie , 1951)
Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
The Modern Touch (Benny Golson , 1957)
The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins , 1957)
Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday , 1958)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones , 1965)
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis , 1955)
The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff , 1966)
Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1965–66)
Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
Alfie (Sonny Rollins , 1966)
Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos , 1975)
New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver , 1965)
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Joyride (Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Film scores
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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