8435395500675

Beautiful! + 1 Bonus Track

Charles McPherson

Regular
£9.99
Sale
Regular
£9.99
Unavailable
Unit Price
per 

Format: CD

Cat No: 906083

Release Date:  30 December 2015

Label:  Elemental Music

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8435395500675

Genres:  Jazz  Modern Postbebop  

  • Description

    Beautiful! The only word to describe this sensational album. Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson plays romantic American love songs at all tempos. Pianist Duke Jordan, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Leroy Williams accompany beautifully. Charles McPherson focuses on beauty in a variety of moods, via seven classic popular songs. The results are, indeed, beautiful.

    Schlitten had the happy idea of pairing Charles with revered bebop pianist Duke Jordan for this date. For 11 years until 1973 Jordan was jazz' invisible man: he made no records in that period. McPherson's tenth album under his own name, is the first to be entirely devoted to popular songs. These numbers are not staples in McPherson's repertoire but they are ideal vehicles for Charles' and Duke's variations. "He was really grasped the rhythmic nuances inherent in Charlie Parker's phrasing and his sound is one of the most vital to be heard in some time". - Ira Glitter

    Personnel: Charles McPherson (alto saxophone), Duke Jordan (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Leroy Williams (drums)

    Recorded and mixed by Paul Goodman at RCA Studios, New York City, August 12, 1975.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. They Say It's Wonderful
      • 2. But Beautiful
      • 3. It Could Happen to You
      • 4. Lover
      • 5. This Can't Be Love
      • 6. Body and Soul
      • 7. It Had to Be You
      • 8. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm