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Havin' Myself a Time

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Released
  
1982

Producer
  
Giovanni Bonandrini

Artist
  
Kim Parker

Label
  
Soul Note

Length
  
40:24

Havin' Myself a Time (1981)
  
Your Soft Eyes (1981)

Release date
  
1982

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 24 & 25, 1981 Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy

Similar
  
Your Soft Eyes, Kenny Drew Trio, In Concert, New Faces - New Sou, Morning

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.

Contents

Reception

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".

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

  • Kim Parker - vocals
  • Kenny Drew - piano
  • Mads Vinding - bass
  • Ed Thigpen - drums

    • Songs

    1Havin' Myself A Time5:30
    2Paris Is A Lonely Town7:21
    3A Sleepin' Bee6:50

    References

    Havin' Myself a Time Wikipedia
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