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.

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 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

 * 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