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]

Swing's Our Thing
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedNovember 14 & 15, 1967
StudioCoast Recorders Inc., San Francisco, CA
GenreJazz
LabelVerve V/V6 8732
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Johnny Hodges chronology
Don't Sleep in the Subway
(1967)
Swing's Our Thing
(1968)
Rippin' & Runnin'
(1968)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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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

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References

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