Swing's Our Thing

Swing's Our Thing
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Earl "Fatha" Hines
Released	1968
Recorded	November 14 & 15, 1967 Coast Recorders Inc., San Francisco, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V/V6 8732
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Johnny Hodges chronology
Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Swing's Our Thing (1967) Rippin' and Runnin' (1968)

Swing's Our Thing is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and pianist Earl Hines featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The jumping tunes are given concise performances (six songs are under three minutes long and none are longer than 4:10), but the musicians take advantage of every second they have on this rather brief album. ...this is a notable obscurity from some of jazz's all-time greats".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

1. "Open Ears" - 4:10
2. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 2:28
3. "Doll Valley" (Tom Whaley) - 4:08
4. "Can a Moose Crochet?" - 2:58
5. "One Night in Trinidad" (Earl Hines) - 2:48
6. "Night Train to Memphis" (Cat Anderson, Duke Ellington) - 3:40
7. "Bustin' with Buster" - 3:24
8. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 2:27
9. "Do It Yourself" (Anderson) - 2:15
10. "The Cannery Walk" (Hines) - 2:25

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Earl "Fatha" Hines - piano
• Cat Anderson - trumpet
• Buster Cooper - trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Jeff Castleman - double bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums

References

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed February 19, 2016
2. Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 19, 2016
3. Yanow, Scott. Swing's Our Thing – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2016.