Beautiful!

Reception

The Allmusic review reccommened the album awarding it album 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".

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