Beautiful!
| Beautiful! | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 12, 1975 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Xanadu 15 | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
| Charles McPherson chronology | ||||
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Beautiful! is an album by Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Allmusic review recommended the album awarding it 4 stars and stating "Xanadu was a perfect label for altoist Charles McPherson since he was always a bop-based improviser who was perfectly at home jamming straightahead standards".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 4:59
- "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:18
- "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 5:43
- "Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:49
- "This Can't Be Love" (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:28
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 7:44
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:42
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Charles McPherson discography accessed April 24, 2014
- ^ Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2014
- ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 24, 2014
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 137. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
