I'm Tryin' to Get Home
# 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".

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## Track listing

    All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
* "Brother Isaac" - 4:54
* "Noah" (Duke Pearson) - 6:59
* "I'm Tryin' to Get Home" - 7:01
* "I've Longed and Searched for My Mother" - 8:35
* "March Children" (Pearson) - 7:17
* "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
