A Sure Thing

A Sure Thing
A Sure Thing
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	1962
Recorded	March 7, 8 & 28, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:52
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology

A Sure Thing is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with orchestra recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Down Beat	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Blue Mitchell is well featured on this CD reissue with a nonet arranged by Jimmy Heath. The music is straightahead but, thanks to Heath's arrangements, sometimes unpredictable".^[2]

Track listing

"West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:40
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:48
"Blue on Blue" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:48
"A Sure Thing" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 4:34
"Hootie Blues" (Jay McShann) – 5:24
"Hip to It" (Blue Mitchell) – 5:00
"Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 5:57

Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on March 7 (tracks 2 & 5), March 8 (tracks 3 & 4), and March 28 (tracks 1, 6 & 7), 1962

Personnel

Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry (tracks 1–6) – trumpet
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, arrangement
Jerome Richardson (tracks 1–6) – flute, alto saxophone
Pepper Adams (tracks 2–5), Pat Patrick (tracks 1 & 6) – baritone saxophone
Julius Watkins (tracks 1–6) – French horn
Wynton Kelly – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Albert Heath – drums

References

^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010
^ Down Beat: September 13, 1962, vol. 29, no. 24
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1009. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Blue_Mitchell_discography-1] Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010

[3] Down Beat: September 13, 1962, vol. 29, no. 24

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1009. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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