# Beautiful!

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{{About|the Charles McPherson album||Beautiful (disambiguation){{!}}Beautiful}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Beautiful!
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Charles McPherson](/source/Charles_McPherson_(musician))
| cover      = Beautiful! (audio cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1975
| recorded   = August 12, 1975<br>New York City
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Xanadu](/source/Xanadu_Records)<br>15
| producer   = [Don Schlitten](/source/Don_Schlitten)
| chronology = [Charles McPherson](/source/Charles_McPherson_(musician))
| prev_title = [Today's Man](/source/Today's_Man_(album))
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [Live in Tokyo](/source/Live_in_Tokyo_(Charles_McPherson_album))
| next_year  = 1976
}}

'''''Beautiful!''''' is an album by [Charles McPherson](/source/Charles_McPherson_(musician)) which was recorded in 1975 and released on the [Xanadu](/source/Xanadu_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/McPhersonCharles-ldr.php Charles McPherson discography] accessed April 24, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography] accessed April 24, 2014</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
| rev2 = ''[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Jazz_Record_Guide)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{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
}}</ref>
}}
The [Allmusic](/source/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".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-mw0000878113 Allmusic Review] accessed April 24, 2014</ref>

== Track listing ==
# "[They Say It's Wonderful](/source/They_Say_It's_Wonderful)" ([Irving Berlin](/source/Irving_Berlin)) - 4:59   
# "[But Beautiful](/source/But_Beautiful_(song))" ([Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)), [Jimmy Van Heusen](/source/Jimmy_Van_Heusen)) - 6:18    
# "[It Could Happen to You](/source/It_Could_Happen_to_You_(song))" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 5:43    
# "[Lover](/source/Lover_(Rodgers_and_Hart_song))"  ([Lorenz Hart](/source/Lorenz_Hart), [Richard Rodgers](/source/Richard_Rodgers)) - 4:49   
# "[This Can't Be Love](/source/This_Can't_Be_Love_(song))" (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:28    
# "[Body and Soul](/source/Body_and_Soul_(1930_song))" ([Frank Eyton](/source/Frank_Eyton), [Johnny Green](/source/Johnny_Green), [Edward Heyman](/source/Edward_Heyman), [Robert Sour](/source/Robert_Sour)) - 7:44    
# "[It Had to Be You](/source/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song))" ([Isham Jones](/source/Isham_Jones), [Gus Kahn](/source/Gus_Kahn)) - 5:42    
# "[All God's Chillun Got Rhythm](/source/All_God's_Chillun_Got_Rhythm)" ([Walter Jurmann](/source/Walter_Jurmann), [Gus Kahn](/source/Gus_Kahn), [Bronisław Kaper](/source/Bronis%C5%82aw_Kaper)) - 8:59 <small>Bonus track on CD reissue</small>

== Personnel ==
*[Charles McPherson](/source/Charles_McPherson_(musician)) - [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone)
*[Duke Jordan](/source/Duke_Jordan) - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Sam Jones](/source/Sam_Jones_(musician)) - [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Leroy Williams](/source/Leroy_Williams) - [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
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{{Charles McPherson (musician)}}{{Duke Jordan}}

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Category:Charles McPherson (musician) albums
Category:1975 albums
Category:Xanadu Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Don Schlitten

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