I'm Tryin' to Get Home

I'm Tryin' to Get Home is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with a large brass section and vocalists recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1965 as BLP 4188.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated "despite some strong moments, the date (which resulted in no real hits) does not quite reach the heights of A New Perspective although it has plenty of interesting moments".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd

1. "Brother Isaac" - 4:54
2. "Noah" - 6:59
3. "I'm Tryin' to Get Home" - 7:01
4. "I've Longed and Searched for My Mother" - 8:35
5. "March Children" - 7:17
6. "Pearly Gates" - 2:05

Recorded on December 17 (#1, 3, 5) & December 18 (#2, 4, 6), 1964.

Personnel

• Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joe Ferrante, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Cocker, J.J. Johnson, Benny Powell - trombone
• Jim Buffington, Bob Northern - french horn
• Don Butterfield - tuba
• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Freddie Roach - organ
• Grant Green - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Duke Pearson - arranger
• Coleridge Perkinson - director, conductor
• Unidentified musicians - percussion
• Unidentified chorus - vocals

References