Beautiful!
1975 studio album by Charles McPherson
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Studio album by Charles McPherson | ||||
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
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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
- "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
References
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Charles McPherson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Bebop Revisited! (1964)
- Con Alma! (1965)
- The Quintet/Live! (1966)
- From This Moment On! (1968)
- Horizons (1968)
- McPherson's Mood (1969)
- Charles McPherson (1971)
- Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (1972)
- Today's Man (1973)
- Beautiful! (1975)
- Live in Tokyo (1976)
- New Horizons (1977)
- Free Bop! (1978)
- First Flight Out (1994)
- Come Play with Me (1995)
- Manhattan Nocturne (1997)
Charles
Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965)
- My Favorite Quintet (1965)
- Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
- Let My Children Hear Music (1971)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
others
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
- Just Be Bop (Toshiko Akiyoshi, 1980)
- For Sure! (Kenny Drew, 1978)
- Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (Clint Eastwood, 1996)
- The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
- Newer Than New (Barry Harris, 1961)
- Bull's Eye! (Barry Harris, 1968)
- Cello Again (Sam Jones, 1976)
- Boppin' & Burnin' (Don Patterson, 1968)
- Funk You! (Don Patterson, 1968)
- Bird Lives! (Red Rodney, 1973)
- Impact (Charles Tolliver, 1975)