A Sure Thing
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{{Infobox album|
| name = A Sure Thing
| type = Album
| artist = Blue Mitchell
| cover = A Sure Thing.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = March 7, 8 & 28, 1962
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 34:52
| label = Riverside
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Blue Mitchell
| prev_title = Smooth as the Wind
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = The Cup Bearers
| next_year = 1962
}}
A Sure Thing is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with orchestra recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MitchellBlue-ldr.php Blue Mitchell discography] accessed October 26, 2010
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Down Beat
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Down Beat: September 13, 1962, vol. 29, no. 24
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1009}}
}}
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".Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=a-sure-thing-r144010|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 26, 2010
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
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Category:Riverside Records albums