Going for Myself

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.

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
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AllMusic[1]

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; Issued on the 2012 Lone Hill Jazz CD re-issue, LHJ10344

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

Personnel

(July 31, 1957) (01-03, 07-09)

(February 7, 1958) (04-06, 10-11)

References


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