Swing's Our Thing

Swing's Our Thing
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Earl "Fatha" Hines
Released	1968
Recorded	November 14 & 15, 1967
Studio	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 (1968) Rippin' & 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.