Donald Byrd – I’m Tryin’ To Get Home (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:16 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
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.
A follow-up to trumpeter Donald Byrd’s hit A New Perspective, this LP also features an eight-voice choir conducted by Coleridge Perkinson and arrangements by Duke Pearson and the leader. The vocalists have a larger role than in the earlier date and Byrd’s quintet (with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and pianist Herbie Hancock) is augmented by organist Freddie Roach, guitarist Grant Green and a dozen brass players. But 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. –Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
01. Donald Byrd – Brother Isaac (04:52)
02. Donald Byrd – Noah (06:57)
03. Donald Byrd – I’m Tryin’ To Get Home (07:00)
04. Donald Byrd – I’ve Longed And Searched For My Mother (08:31)
05. Donald Byrd – March Children (07:16)
06. Donald Byrd – Pearly Gates (02:36)
