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.Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed February 19, 2016Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 19, 2016
Reception
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".
Track listing All compositions by Johnny Hodges, except as indicated. "Open Ears" - 4:10 "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 2:28 "Doll Valley" (Tom Whaley) - 4:08 "Can a Moose Crochet?" - 2:58 "One Night in Trinidad" (Earl Hines) - 2:48 "Night Train to Memphis" (Cat Anderson, Duke Ellington) - 3:40 "Bustin' with Buster" - 3:24 "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 2:27 "Do It Yourself" (Anderson) - 2:15 "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
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