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.^[2]

I'm Tryin' to Get Home
Studio album by Donald Byrd
Released	End of February/early March 1965[1]
Recorded	December 17–18, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:51
Label	Blue Note BLP 4188 BST 84188
Producer	Donald Byrd (#1, 3, 5) Duke Pearson (#2, 4, 6)
Donald Byrd chronology
Up with Donald Byrd (1964) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1965) Mustang! (1966)

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".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz noted the album's popularity and its being a precursor of Byrd's further success in the following decade, but described it as "dispensable".^[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated

1. "Brother Isaac" - 4:54
2. "Noah" (Duke Pearson) - 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" (Pearson) - 7:17
6. "Pearly Gates" (Pearson) - 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 Coker, 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