Going for Myself

{{Infobox album

| name = Going for Myself

| type = studio

| artist = Harry "Sweets" Edison and Lester Young

| cover =Going for Myself.jpg

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| released = 1958

| recorded = July 31, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles (February 7, 1958, New York City, reissue bonus tracks)

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| genre = Jazz

| length = 42:59 (original LP)
75:50 (CD reissue)

| label = Verve
MGV 8298
Lone Hill Jazz
LHJ10344

| producer = Norman Granz

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=going-for-myself-mw0000908271}}

| rev2 = DownBeat

| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gleason |first=Ralph J. |author-link=Ralph J. Gleason |date=12 May 1960 |title=Lester Young: Going for Myself |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=10 |page=34}}

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Going For Myself is an 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 on CD reissue in 2012:

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

Personnel

Lester Young - tenor saxophone, clarinet (03 & 09)
Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet

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

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

Lou Stein - piano
Herb Ellis - guitar
Ray Brown - double bass
Mickey Sheen - drums

References

Category:Harry Edison albums

Category:Lester Young albums

Category:1958 collaborative albums

Category:Verve Records albums