can u tellme about DB's Im just tryin to get home LP

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i have never heard this but i know a place that has it on lp (prob. expensive)-- can you guys tell me about it? sounds really interesting.

[jazzbo]

I thnk you will find it sounds very interesting.

Wish they'd RVG this sucker.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I've got it. To me, it's not nearly as good as "A new perspective", despite Grant Green, Freddie Roach and Stanley Turrentine. I feel that the instrumental arrangements are too heavily brass-loaded and the vocal arrangements could have been done much more like a proper Gospel choir (they could have used a proper Gospel choir) to much more soulful effect. As it is, the vocals sound too classically oriented for my taste.

MG

[Dan Gould]

Agree with MG - A New Perspective is superior, though that isn't to say that its a terrible record.

[jazzbo]

Well. .. I'm not sure I'll chime in with agreement.

I love them both. This one. . .it so strongly reminds me of the great moments of church in my childhood in Philadelphia, all the good bits perhaps, in spirit and mood. And that's enjoyment I hardly get in any other jazz record.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Agree with MG - A New Perspective is superior, though that isn't to say that its a terrible record.

No - not terrible, just not as good. And "A new perspective" is actually a hard one to beat.

MG

[DMP]

The notes to "Perspective" mention how Byrd wasn't trying to jump on any commercial bandwagon with some contrived gospel/soul mixture. That's clearly not the case with the follow-up.

[JohnS]

I'm in agreement too. A New Perspective is hard to beat. Has Hank as a bonus.

[umum_cypher]

The notes to "Perspective" mention how Byrd wasn't trying to jump on any commercial bandwagon with some contrived gospel/soul mixture. That's clearly not the case with the follow-up.

This one is a bit kitsch (esp the last track, an ace, pacy gospel choir/solo tuba face-off) but I love it. It's much darker because of the low brass, much brighter because of all the tambourines (these are really rich DP arrangements), and Herbie, Freddie R and Stanley T make up for DB's foursquare soloing. And what a cover - tho what could match that of A New Perspective?