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A Sure Thing

1962 studio album by Blue Mitchell

For the song, see A Sure Thing (Bing Crosby song). For the film, see List of WKRP in Cincinnati episodes § Short film.

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

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Reception

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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

  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

References

  1. [1]
    Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010
  3. [3]
    Down Beat: September 13, 1962, vol. 29, no. 24
  4. [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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