Beautiful! is an album by Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.Charles McPherson discography accessed April 24, 2014Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2014
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".Yanow, S., 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 Charles McPherson - alto saxophone Duke Jordan - piano Sam Jones - bass Leroy Williams - drums
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