I'm Tryin' to Get Home

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I'm Tryin' to Get Home
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Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of February/early March 1965 [1]
RecordedDecember 17–18, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length36:51
Label Blue Note
BLP 4188
BST 84188
Producer Donald Byrd (#1, 3, 5)
Duke Pearson (#2, 4, 6)
Donald Byrd chronology
Up with Donald Byrd
(1964)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home
(1965)
Mustang!
(1966)

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]

Contents

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". [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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

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

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References

  1. Billboard Feb 20, 1965
  2. Donald Byrd discography accessed September 2, 2010
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 2, 2010
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 36. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.