Going for Myself

Going for Myself
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedJuly 31, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles (February 7, 1958, New York City, reissue bonus tracks)
GenreJazz
Length42:59 (original LP)
75:50 (CD reissue)
LabelVerve
MGV 8298
Lone Hill Jazz
LHJ10344
ProducerNorman Granz
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat[2]

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[edit]

  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[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Going for Myself at AllMusic
  2. ^ Gleason, Ralph J. (12 May 1960). "Lester Young: Going for Myself". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 10. p. 34.