Betwixt & Between

This article is about the album by Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson. For the book by Albert Camus, see Betwixt and 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.

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)

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".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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