Betwixt & Between
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | October 22 & 29, November 15 & 26 and December 5, 1968 and January 9, 1969 | |||
| Studios | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:54 | |||
| Labels | A&M/CTI SP 3016 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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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
[edit]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]
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Track listing
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ CTI Records discography accessed February 9, 2012
- 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 9, 2012
