I'm Tryin' to Get Home

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Up with Donald Byrd is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Jimmy Heath, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, and Kenny Burrell recorded in 1964 and released on the Verve label in 1965. It was Byrd's only solo album for Verve.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort".

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated

1. "You're Talkin' About My Baby" (Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch, Ray Rivera) - 2:39
2. "Blind Man, Blind Man" (Herbie Hancock) - 2:51
3. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) - 4:21
4. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) - 2:48
5. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 3:58
6. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 5:05
7. "Bossa" - 7:56
8. "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock) - 6:46
9. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 5:13

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on October 6 (tracks 1 & 2), November 2 (tracks 3-6), & December 16 (tracks 7-9), 1964 .

Personnel

• Donald Byrd - trumpet
• Jimmy Heath (tracks 2-5), Stanley Turrentine (tracks 7 & 8) - tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 1-8)
• Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-6), Ron Carter (tracks 7-9) - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Candido Camero - percussion (tracks 7 & 8)
• The Donald Byrd Singers - vocals
• Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-6)