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) Oscar Peterson - piano Herb Ellis - guitar Ray Brown - double bass Louie Bellson - drums
(New York, February 7, 1958) (Tracks# 04-06, 10-11) Lou Stein - piano Herb Ellis - guitar Ray Brown - double bass Mickey Sheen - drums
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