I'm Tryin' to Get Home
1965 studio album by Donald Byrd
I'm Tryin' to Get Home 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]
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 [ 3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz [ 4]
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 - pianoFreddie Roach - organ Grant Green - guitarBob Cranshaw - bass Grady Tate - drums Duke Pearson - arranger Coleridge Perkinson - director , conductor
Unidentified musicians - percussion
Unidentified chorus - vocals
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
As WithPepper WithThe Jazz WithGigi WithJackie WithHank With
Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release
As WithKai Winding Albums
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Sayin' Somethin' Nat Adderley , 1966)The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)Basie Jam Count Basie , 1973)The Bosses "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)Night Song Kenny Burrell , 1969)I'm Tryin' to Get Home Donald Byrd , 1964)New York Slick Ron Carter , 1979)Birth of the Cool Miles Davis , 1949–50)Young Man with a Horn Miles Davis Volume 1 Miles Davis Volume 2 Summertime Paul Desmond , 1968)Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)At the Opera House Ella Fitzgerald , 1957)The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Dizzy Gillespie , 1949)Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions Dizzy Gillespie , 1951)Afro Dizzy and Strings Perceptions The Modern Touch Benny Golson , 1957)The Hawk Flies High Coleman Hawkins , 1957)Lady in Satin Billie Holiday , 1958)And Then Again Elvin Jones , 1965)The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music John Lewis , 1955)The Big Band Jimmy McGriff , 1966)Happenings Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson , 1966)Encyclopedia of Jazz Oliver Nelson , 1965–66)Nine Flags Chico O'Farrill , 1966)Charlie Parker on Dial Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Alfie Sonny Rollins , 1966)Carnival of the Spirits Moacir Santos , 1975)New Fantasy Lalo Schifrin , 1964)Once a Thief and Other Themes The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver , 1965)Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones The Matadors Meet the Bull Sonny Stitt , 1965)What's New!!! Joyride Stanley Turrentine , 1965) Film
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithDonald With Arranger
I'm Tryin' to Get Home Lush Life Lou Donaldson , 1967)Am I Blue Boss Horn Blue Mitchell , 1966)Heads Up! A Slice of the Top Hank Mobley , 1966)Standards Lee Morgan , 1967)Rough 'n' Tumble Stanley Turrentine , 1966)A Bluish Bag The Return of the Prodigal Son The Look of Love
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or With others
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader AndShirley Scott WithMax Roach With others
Freedom Kenny Burrell , 1963–64)Midnight Blue I'm Tryin' to Get Home Donald Byrd , 1964)Up with Donald Byrd With the Tenors of Our Time Roy Hargrove , 1994)Life Flight Flight to Jordan Duke Jordan , 1960)Only Trust Your Heart Diana Krall , 1994)Abbey Is Blue Abbey Lincoln , 1959)Les McCann Ltd. in New York Les McCann , 1961)Electric Funk Jimmy McGriff , 1969)Speakin' My Piece Horace Parlan , 1960)On the Spur of the Moment The Right Touch Duke Pearson , 1967)Easy Living Congo Lament (Ike Quebec , 1962)Comin' On! Dizzy Reece , 1960)Serenade to a Soul Sister Horace Silver , 1968)Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith , 1960)Midnight Special Prayer Meetin' A.T.'s Delight Art Taylor , 1960)
