title: Swing's Our Thing
text: # 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
  