{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Havin' Fun | type = Album | artist = [[Joanne Brackeen]] Trio | cover = Havin' Fun.jpg | alt = | released = 1985 | recorded = June 1985 | venue = | studio = New York | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = | label = [[Concord Records|Concord Jazz]]<br />CJ-280 | producer = Carl E. Jefferson | chronology = [[Joanne Brackeen]] | prev_title = [[Special Identity]] | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = [[Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven]] | next_year = 1986 }}
'''''Havin' Fun''''' is an album of [[jazz standard]]s by American pianist [[Joanne Brackeen]] recorded in 1985 and released on the [[Concord Records|Concord Jazz]] label.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Joanne-Brackeen-Trio-Havin-Fun/release/1946895 Discogs: album entry] accessed February 14, 2017</ref>
== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> | rev2 = [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]] | rev2Score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin Guide"/> }} ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' noted "The sound is lovely with lots of definition on both bass and percussion. Foster is perhaps a little straight-ahead for this type of thing, but McBee is absolutely solid".<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 3rd|series = [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]|year = 1996|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 014051368X|pages = 156–157}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Brackeen's distinctive style is heard very much intact in this fairly accessible format, and she makes the ancient tunes sound fresh. Recommended".<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000187765|first=Scott|last=Yanow|label=Joanne Brackeen – ''Havin' Fun'': Review|accessdate=February 14, 2017}}</ref>
== Track listing == # "[[Thinking of You (1927 song)|Thinking of You]]" ([[Harry Ruby]], [[Bert Kalmar]]) – 4:58 # "[[I've Got The World On A String]]" ([[Harold Arlen]], [[Ted Koehler]]) – 5:28 # "[[Emily (1964 song)|Emily]]" ([[Johnny Mandel]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) – 6:48 # "[[Just One of Those Things (song)|Just One of Those Things]]" ([[Cole Porter]]) – 4:01 # "This Is Always" ([[Harry Warren]], [[Mack Gordon]]) – 5:11 # "[[Everything She Wants]]" ([[George Michael]]) – 4:15 # "[[Manhã de Carnaval]]" ([[Luiz Bonfá]], [[Antônio Maria]]) – 7:17 # "[[Day by Day (1945 song)|Day by Day]]" ([[Axel Stordahl]], [[Paul Weston]], [[Sammy Cahn]]) – 5:31
== Personnel == *[[Joanne Brackeen]] – [[piano]] *[[Cecil McBee]] – [[double bass|bass]] *[[Al Foster]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
== References == {{reflist}} {{Joanne Brackeen}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Joanne Brackeen albums]] [[Category:1985 albums]] [[Category:Concord Records albums]]