A Sure Thing
1962 studio album by Blue Mitchell
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| Studio album by Blue Mitchell | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | March 7, 8 & 28, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:52 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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A Sure Thing is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with orchestra recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
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| 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" (Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 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
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Big 6 (1958)
- Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958)
- Out of the Blue (1959)
- Blue Soul (1959)
- Blue's Moods (1960)
- Smooth as the Wind (1960–61)
- A Sure Thing (1962)
- The Cup Bearers (1962)
- Step Lightly (1963)
- The Thing to Do (1964)
- Down with It! (1965)
- Bring It Home to Me (1966)
- Boss Horn (1966)
- Heads Up! (1967)
- Collision in Black (1968)
- Bantu Village (1969)
- Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971)
- Vital Blue (1971)
- Blues' Blues (1972)
- The Last Tango = Blues (1973)
- Graffiti Blues (1973)
- Many Shades of Blue (1974)
- Stratosonic Nuances (1975)
- Funktion Junction (1976)
- African Violet (1977)
- Mapenzi (1977)
- Stablemates (1977)
- Summer Soft (1977)
Lou
Donaldson
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
Philly
Joe
Jones
- Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961)
- Drums Around the World (1959)
- Showcase (1959)
- Advance! (1978)
- Drum Song (1978)
Sam
Jones
- The Soul Society (1960)
- The Chant (1961)
- Down Home (1962)
- Something in Common (1974–77)
- Changes & Things (1977)
Jimmy
McGriff
- The Worm (1968)
- Step 1 (1968)
- A Thing to Come By (1969)
- Electric Funk (1969)
Horace
Silver
- Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
- Finger Poppin' (1959)
- Horace-Scope (1960)
- Doin' the Thing (1961)
- The Tokyo Blues (1962)
- Silver's Serenade (1963)
- Song for My Father (1963–64)
Stanley
Turrentine
- A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
- In Memory Of (1964)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
- The Sugar Man (1971)
others
- Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
- Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960)
- My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970)
- True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961)
- Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972)
- Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962)
- Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970)
- Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966)
- Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)
- Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975)
- The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)
- Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968)
- Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971)
- Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)
- Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
- Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976)
- Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)
- Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)
- Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
- Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970)
- Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968)
- Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965)
- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Images (Sonny Red, 1961)
- Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963)
- Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960)
- Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962)
- Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960)
- Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963)
- The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)
- Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968)
- The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)
- Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)
- Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)
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