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

A Sure Thing
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedMarch 7, 8 & 28, 1962
GenreJazz
Length34:52
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology
Smooth as the Wind
(1961)
A Sure Thing
(1962)
The Cup Bearers
(1962)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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  1. "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:40
  2. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:48
  3. "Blue on Blue" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:48
  4. "A Sure Thing" (Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 4:34
  5. "Hootie Blues" (Jay McShann) – 5:24
  6. "Hip to It" (Blue Mitchell) – 5:00
  7. "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

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References

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