A Sure Thing

A Sure Thing
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	1962
Recorded	March 7, 8 & 28, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:52
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology
Smooth as the Wind (1961) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

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" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 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

• 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