I'm Tryin' to Get Home

{{Infobox album

| name = I'm Tryin' to Get Home

| type = Album

| cover = I'm Tryin' to Get Home.jpg

| alt =

| released = End of February/early March 1965[https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Byrd+Tryin%27+to+Get+Home&pg=PA36 Billboard Feb 20, 1965]

| recorded = December 17–18, 1964

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 36:51

| label = Blue Note
BLP 4188
BST 84188

| producer = Donald Byrd (#1, 3, 5)
Duke Pearson (#2, 4, 6)

| chronology = Donald Byrd

| prev_title = Up with Donald Byrd

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Mustang!

| next_year = 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4188 Donald Byrd discography] accessed September 2, 2010

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".Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r136278|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 2, 2010 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".

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=171 }}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 36

}}