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.

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". 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".

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