Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines - Swing's Our Thing

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Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines
Swing's Our Thing

Album UK 1968 on Verve Records label
Jazz (Swing)

Front sleeve: Hodges & Hines - Swing's Our Thing Rear sleeve: Hodges & Hines / Swing's Our Thing. Johnny Hodges / Earl "Fatha" Hines. Recorded at Coast Recorders Inc., San Francisco, November 13 & 14, 1967. MGM Records Limited, 2-4 Dean St., London W.1, ENgland. Verve ® Trademark of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc. ℗ 1968

Musicians

	Johnny Hodges as, sax, 1906-1970 US alto saxophone, album by, written by
	Earl Hines p, 1903-1983 US piano, album by, written by, arranged by
	Aaron Bell b, 1921-2003 US arranged by
	Cat Anderson tr, 1916-1981 US arranged by, trumpet, written by
	Jimmy Hamilton sax, cl, ts, 1917-1994 US arranged by, clarinet, tenor saxophone
	John Marabuto p, *1925 US arranged by
	Nat Pierce p, 1925-1992 US arranged by
	Thomas L. Whaley arranged by, written by
	Jerry Castleman bass
	Sam Woodyard dr, 1935-1988 US drums
	Buster Cooper tb, *1929 US trombone

Producers

Dick Smith art direction

Sid Maurer artwork, cover art

Walt Payne engineer

Val Valentin engineer, director of engineering

Stanley Dance liner notes

Esmond Edwards producer

Composers

Johnny Hodges

Fred E. Ahlert

Roy Turk

Thomas L. Whaley

Earl Hines

Cat Anderson

Duke Ellington

E.Y. Harburg

Harold Arlen

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Open Ears	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Johnny Hodges	4:10
2	Mean To Me	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	2:28
3	Doll Valley	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Thomas L. Whaley	4:08
4	Can A Moose Crochet?	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Johnny Hodges	2:58
5	One Night In Trinidad	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Earl Hines	2:46
6	Night Train To Memphis	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Cat Anderson, Duke Ellington	3:40
7	Bustin' With Buster	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Johnny Hodges	3:24
8	Over The Rainbow	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen	2:27
9	Do It Yourself	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines	Cat Anderson	2:15
10	The Cannery Walk	Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines		2:25

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