Beautiful!
{{About|the Charles McPherson album||Beautiful (disambiguation){{!}}Beautiful}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Beautiful!
| type = Studio
| artist = Charles McPherson
| cover = Beautiful! (audio cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = August 12, 1975
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Xanadu
15
| producer = Don Schlitten
| chronology = Charles McPherson
| prev_title = Today's Man
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Live in Tokyo
| next_year = 1976
}}
Beautiful! is an album by Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/McPhersonCharles-ldr.php Charles McPherson discography] accessed April 24, 2014[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography] accessed April 24, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 137
}}
}}
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".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-mw0000878113 Allmusic Review] accessed April 24, 2014
Track listing
- "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
References
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Category:Charles McPherson (musician) albums