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Beautiful!

Beautiful! is an album by Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.[1][2]

Reception

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

  1. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 4:59
  2. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:18
  3. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 5:43
  4. "Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:49
  5. "This Can't Be Love" (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:28
  6. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 7:44
  7. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:42
  8. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Charles McPherson discography accessed April 24, 2014
  2. ^ Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2014
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 24, 2014
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 137. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.