Havin' Myself a Time

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Havin' Myself a Time
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Studio album by
Kim Parker and The Kenny Drew Trio
Released1982
RecordedNovember 24–25, 1981
StudioBarigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy
Genre Jazz
Length40:24
Label Soul Note
SN 1033
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Kenny Drew chronology
It Might as Well Be Spring
(1981)
Havin' Myself a Time
(1982)
Your Soft Eyes
(1981)

Havin' myself a Time is an album by vocalist Kim Parker with the Kenny Drew Trio recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review says Parker's "voice is so appealing that it is surprising that she has done so little since... This is her definitive record". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Havin' Myself a Time" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:25
  2. "Paris Is a Lonely Town" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) – 7:17
  3. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Arlen, Truman Capote) – 6:44
  4. "Ev'rything I Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:38
  5. "The Underdog" (Al Cohn, Dave Frishberg) – 5:35
  6. "Rain Go Away" (Phil Woods) – 5:05
  7. "Azure" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Kenny Drew discography accessed June 11, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 11, 2012