Going for Myself explained

Going for Myself
Type:studio
Artist:Harry "Sweets" Edison and Lester Young
Cover:Going for Myself.jpg
Released:1957
Recorded:July 31, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles (February 7, 1958, New York City, reissue bonus tracks)
Genre:Jazz
Length:42:59 (original LP)
75:50 (CD reissue)
Label:Verve
MGV 8298
Lone Hill Jazz
LHJ10344
Producer:Norman Granz

Going For Myself is a 1957 jazz album by Harry "Sweets" Edison and Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson. The album is one of Young's last studio recordings.

Track listing

  1. "Flic" (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) - 06:16
  2. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 05:53
  3. "St. Tropez" (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Peterson, Young) - 10:05
  4. "Waldorf Blues" (Young) - 08:19
  5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) - 06:55
  6. "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 07:43

Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 2012:

  1. Ballad medley: "A Ghost of a Chance"/"I Cover the Waterfront" (Ned Washington, Ned Young, Bing Crosby)/(Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 5:51
  2. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) - 6:14
  3. "St. Tropez" - 6:55 - Alternate take
  4. "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" - 7:43 - Alternate take
  5. "Waldorf Blues" 6:16 - Alternate take

Personnel

(Hollywood, July 31, 1957) (Tracks# 01-03, 07-09)

(New York, February 7, 1958) (Tracks# 04-06, 10-11)