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]
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | November 14 & 15, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Coast Recorders Inc., San Francisco, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve V/V6 8732 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Reception
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| 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
editAll 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swing's Our Thing – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2016.