Going for Myself

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Released 1957 Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz		Release date 1957 Label Lone Hill Jazz

Recorded July 31, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles (February 7, 1958, New York City, reissue bonus tracks) Length 42:59 original LP 75:50 CD reissue Artists Lester Young, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Similar Lester Young albums, Jazz albums

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

"Flic" (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) - 06:16
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 05:53
"St. Tropez" (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Peterson, Young) - 10:05
"Waldorf Blues" (Young) - 08:19
"Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) - 06:55
"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

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