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1962 studio album by Blue Mitchell
A Sure Thing is an album by American trumpeter
Blue Mitchell with
orchestra recorded in 1962 and released on the
Riverside label.
[1]
Reception
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
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Lou Donaldson With
Philly Joe Jones With
Sam Jones With
Jimmy McGriff With
Horace Silver With
Stanley Turrentine With 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)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader With
Art Farmer With
Milt Jackson With others
That's Right! (
Nat Adderley , 1960)
Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
Regeneration (
Stanley Cowell , 1975)
Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953)
Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953)
Showboat (
Kenny Dorham , 1960)
Black Drops (
Charles Earland , 1970)
Soul Trombone (
Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
The Quota (
Red Garland , 1971)
Kwanza (The First) (
Albert Heath , 1973)
Homecoming! (
Elmo Hope , 1961)
Hub Cap (
Freddie Hubbard , 1961)
Jay Hawk Talk (
Carmell Jones , 1965)
The Soul Society (
Sam Jones , 1960)
The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961)
Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965)
Blue Soul (
Blue Mitchell , 1959)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994)
Keep Swingin' (
Julian Priester , 1960)
Soul Sauce (
Cal Tjader , 1964)
Music Inc. (
Charles Tolliver , 1970)
New York, New Sound (
Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Turned to Blue (
Nancy Wilson , released 2006)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Duke Ellington With
Johnny Hodges With
Quincy Jones With
Herbie Mann With
Oliver Nelson With others
My Kinda Swing (
Ernestine Anderson , 1959)
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
Soul Summit Vol. 2 (
Gene Ammons , 1961)
Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
One Foot in the Gutter (
Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Goodies (
George Benson , 1968)
Bobo's Beat (
Willie Bobo , 1968)
Jam Session (
Clifford Brown , 1954)
Ruth Brown '65 (
Ruth Brown , 1964)
Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
Byrd at the Gate (
Charlie Byrd , 1963)
Son of Drum Suite (
Al Cohn , 1960)
The Magic Touch (
Tadd Dameron , 1962)
Afro-Jaws (
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
Ella Abraça Jobim (
Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)
Big Band Bossa Nova (
Stan Getz , 1962)
Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
Gillespiana (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
Cookin' (
Paul Gonsalves , 1957)
The Big Soul-Band (
Johnny Griffin , 1960)
White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
Homage to Duke (
Dave Grusin , 1993)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (
Chico Hamilton , 1966)
It's About Time (
Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
You Better Know It!!! (
Lionel Hampton , 1964)
Really Big! (
Jimmy Heath , 1960)
Friends Old and New (
John Hicks , 1992)
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (
JATP , 1983)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
J.J.! (
J.J. Johnson , 1964)
Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
Summit Meeting (
Elvin Jones , 1977)
Down Home (
Sam Jones , 1962)
At Newport '63 (
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
The Centaur and the Phoenix (
Yusef Lateef , 1960)
Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (
Mundell Lowe , 1960)
Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
The Soul of Hollywood (
Junior Mance , 1962)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (
Gary McFarland , 1961)
Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (
Charles Mingus , 1960)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
Smooth as the Wind (
Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
Jazz Dialogue (
Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (
Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
That's How I Love the Blues! (
Mark Murphy , 1962)
Nine Flags (
Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
Basically Duke (
Oscar Pettiford , 1954)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (
Big Joe Turner , 1974)
Bossa Nova Carnival (
Dave Pike , 1962)
Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
New Fantasy (
Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Hobo Flats (
Jimmy Smith , 1963)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (
Sonny Stitt , 1965)
I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Taylor Made Jazz (
Billy Taylor , 1959)
New York City R&B (
Cecil Taylor , 1961)
Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
Out of the Storm (
Ed Thigpen , 1966)
Devil May Care (
Teri Thornton , 1960–61)
Joyride (
Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Live at Newport (
McCoy Tyner , 1963)
Dinah Jams (
Dinah Washington , 1954)
Uhuru Afrika (
Randy Weston , 1960)
At Newport '63 (with
Joe Williams , 1963)
New York, New Sound (
Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Kai Olé (
Kai Winding , 1961)
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (
Jimmy Woode , 1957)