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 | ||||
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| 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) | |||
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Reception edit
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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Track listing edit
- 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 edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ Billboard Feb 20, 1965
- ^ Donald Byrd discography accessed September 2, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 2, 2010
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 36. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.