BLUE MITCHELL And Orchestra “Smooth As The Wind/A Sure Thing”
01. Smooth as the Wind (Dameron) 5:11
02. But Beautiful (Burke-Van Heusen) 3:35
03. The Best Things in Life Are Free (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) 3:18
04. Peace (Horace Silver) 3:55
05. For Heavens Sake (Meyer-Bretton-Edwards) 3:32
06. The Nearness of You (Washington-Carmichael) 3:22
07. A Blue Time (Dameron) 4:53
08. Strollin (Silver) 3:16
09. For All We Know (Lewis-Coots) 3:21
10. Im a Fool to Want You (Herron-Sinatra-Wolf) 3:36
11. West Coast Blues (Montgomery) 5:38
12. I Cant Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 3:45
13. Blue on Blue (Heath) 4:45
14. A Sure Thing (Kern-Gershwin) 4:30
15. Hootie Blues (McShann) 5:21
16. Hip to It (Mitchell) 4:56
17. Gone with the Wind (Wrubel-Magidson) 5:56
18. Why Do I Love You? (Kern-Hammerstein II) 5:25
Tracks #1-10, from the album "Smooth as the Wind" (Riverside RS 9367)
Tracks #11-17, from the album "A Sure Thing" (Riverside RS 9414)
Track #18, from the album "The Cup Bearers" (Riverside RS-9439)
Personnel on Smooth as the Wind
Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, trumpets; Britt Woodman, Julian Priester, trombones; Willie Ruff,
French horn; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Tommy Williams, bass; Charlie Persip, drums. String section with Harry Lookofsky
(violin), concertmaster
On #1,2,3,7,8 & 10 Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, trombones and Philly Joe Jones, drums, replace Woodman, Priester
and Persip.
Arrangements by Benny Golson (#4,9,10), and Tadd Dameron (#1,2,3,5,6,7,8)
Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, December 27, 1960 (#4,5,6,8) and March 29 & 30 (#1,2,3,7,9,10),
1961
Personnel on A Sure Thing
Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, trumpets; Julius Watkins, French horn; Jerome Richardson, flute, alto sax; Jimmy Heath, tenor
sax, arranger; Pepper Adams (on #13) or Pat Patrick (on #16), baritone sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Sam Jones, bass;
Albert 'Tootie' Heath, drums.
On #17 only Mitchell, Heath, Kelly, Jones and 'Tootie' Heath.
Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, March 7 (#12,15) 8 (#13,14) & 28 (#11,16,17), 1962
Personnel on track #18
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.
Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, August 28 & 30, 1962
Original recordings produced by Orrin Keepnews
Recording engineer: Ray Fowler
Original cover design: Ken Deardoff
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
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Note: Track 18 is part of the Blue Mitchell LP The Cup Bearers, included on the CD Blue Mitchell & Junior Cook (FSR789),