Album · 1965

I’m Tryin’ to Get Home

Released: 1965
Label: Blue Note
Catalogue no.: 84188
Tracklist: 6 tracks
Length: 36:50
Country: US

“I’m Tryin’ to Get Home” is an album by Donald Byrd, released in 1965 on Blue Note. The original release has 6 tracks with a running time of 36:50. The line-up features [unknown] (choir vocals, percussion), Benny Powell (trombone), Bob Cranshaw (double bass), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (chorus master) and Don Butterfield (tuba).

Who played on I’m Tryin’ to Get Home

[unknown] choir vocals, percussion, tubular bells, tambourine, chimes all tracks
Benny Powell trombone all tracks
Bob Cranshaw double bass all tracks
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson chorus master all tracks
Don Butterfield tuba all tracks
Donald Byrd flugelhorn, trumpet, producer all tracks
Ernie Royal trumpet all tracks
Grady Tate drums (drum set) all tracks
Herbie Hancock piano all tracks
J.J. Johnson trombone all tracks
Jim Buffington French horn all tracks
Jimmy Cleveland trombone all tracks
Jimmy Owens trumpet all tracks
Robert Northern French horn all tracks
Snooky Young trumpet all tracks
Clark Terry trumpet on 3 tracks
Freddie Roach organ on 3 tracks
Grant Green guitar on 3 tracks
Joe Ferrante trumpet on 3 tracks
Stanley Turrentine tenor saxophone on 3 tracks

Tracklist

A1 Brother Isaac 4:50
A2 Noah 6:55
A3 I'm Tryin' to Get Home 6:55
B1 I've Longed and Searched for My Mother 8:30
B2 March Children 7:05
B3 Pearly Gates 2:35

Production

Duke Pearson arranger, producer
Rudy van Gelder engineer

More albums by Donald Byrd

Byrds Eye View 1955 · Esquire Records Byrd Jazz 1956 · Transition Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1956 · Blue Note Byrd's Word 1956 · Savoy Records Modern Jazz Perspective 1957 · Columbia This Is New 1957 · Riverside Jazz Lab 1957 · Columbia Off to the Races 1959 · Blue Note Byrd in Hand 1959 · Blue Note At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 1960 · Live · Blue Note Byrd in Flight 1960 · Blue Note The Third World 1960 · Warwick

Frequently asked questions

Who played on I’m Tryin’ to Get Home?

The line-up of I’m Tryin’ to Get Home includes [unknown] (choir vocals, percussion), Benny Powell (trombone), Bob Cranshaw (double bass), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (chorus master), Don Butterfield (tuba), Donald Byrd (flugelhorn, trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet) and Grady Tate (drums (drum set)).

Which label released I’m Tryin’ to Get Home?

I’m Tryin’ to Get Home was released in 1965 on Blue Note (84188).

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