title: I'm Tryin' to Get Home
text: # I'm Tryin' to Get Home
  
  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.
  
  ## 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". 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".
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  ## 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 - 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
  