I'm Tryin' to Get Home

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I'm Tryin' to Get Home is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with a lage brass section and vocalists recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1965.

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".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd

1. "Brother Isaac"
2. "Noah"
3. "I'm Tryin' to Get Home"
4. "I've Longed and Searched for My Mother"
5. "March Children"
6. "Pearly Gates"

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 17 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) & December 18 (tracks 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
• Unidentified musicians - percussion
• Unidentified chorus - vocals
• Duke Pearson - arranger
• Coleridge Perkinson - dierctor, conductor