Swing's Our Thing
# Swing's Our Thing

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.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

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
