But Beautiful (Boz Scaggs album)

Last updated
But Beautiful
Boz Scaggs - But Beautiful Coverart.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 2003
StudioMeac Studio (San Francisco, California)
Genre Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Label Gray Cat Records
Producer Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs chronology
The Lost Concert
(2001)
But Beautiful
(2003)
Greatest Hits Live
(2004)

But Beautiful is an album of pop standards by Boz Scaggs, released in 2003. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart in 2004. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Allmusic found the album "an entirely pleasant listen" and praised the jazz quartet backing Scaggs, but rated the album as poor, citing Scaggs' "sometimes too casual" phrasing and criticizing his approach as predictable rather than fresh; [2] on the other hand, it reached #1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart, and was a "critical and commercial triumph". [3]

Track listing

  1. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:30
  2. "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 5:06
  3. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:07
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 5:14
  5. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:36
  6. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:29
  7. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:13
  8. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 5:25
  9. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:46
  10. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:30
Bonus Track Japanese Release:
  1. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 4:57

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
2003Billboard Top Independent Albums10
2004Billboard Top Jazz Albums1

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boz Scaggs</span> American musician

William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells in the early 1960s and the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 1968.

<i>Black Coffee</i> (Peggy Lee album) 1956 studio album by Peggy Lee

Black Coffee is the first album by Peggy Lee. It was released in the 10-inch format in 1953 by Decca. In 1956, at the request of the record label, Lee recorded four more songs for a reissue of the album in the 12-inch LP format.

<i>Live in Japan</i> (Sarah Vaughan album) 1973 live album by Sarah Vaughan

Live in Japan is a 1973 live album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, recorded at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

<i>Some Change</i> 1994 studio album by Boz Scaggs

Some Change is an album by the American musician Boz Scaggs, released in 1994.

<i>Songs for Ellen</i> 1994 studio album by Joe Pass

Songs for Ellen is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1992 and released posthumously in 1994.

<i>No Strings</i> (album) 1993 studio album by Sheena Easton

No Strings is the eleventh studio album by Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton released in 1993 by MCA Records. The album was a departure from the pop and R&B style of her earlier recordings with jazz-tinged production arrangements by Patrice Rushen.

<i>Toni</i> (album) 1956 studio album by Toni Harper

Toni is a 1956 studio album by Toni Harper, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio.

<i>Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness</i> 1983 live album by Various Artists

Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness is a live album that was released in 1983. The album includes Louie Bellson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ella Fitzgerald, Al Grey, J. J. Johnson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims, and Clark Terry.

<i>Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings</i> 1955 studio album by Cannonball Adderley

Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings is the third album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his second released on the EmArcy label, and features Adderley with an orchestra directed by Richard Hayman.

<i>The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings</i> 2000 live album by Bill Evans

The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings is an 8-CD box set live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded during a nine night residency at Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1980 and released on the Milestone label in 2000. Additional recordings from this concert series were released as Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2 released in 2002.

<i>Hearts and Minds</i> (album) 2000 studio album by Susannah McCorkle

Hearts and Minds is the sixteenth album by jazz singer Susannah McCorkle. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

<i>Timeless Love</i> 2006 studio album by Smokey Robinson

Timeless Love is a studio album of standards by Smokey Robinson, released through New Door Records in 2006. It reached No. 109 on the Billboard album chart. In 2007, the album was nominated for but did not win a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

<i>Mirage a Trois</i> 1983 studio album by Yellowjackets

Mirage a Trois is the second album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1983. The album reached a peak position of number 145 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1984.

<i>Expressions</i> (Chick Corea album) 1994 studio album by Chick Corea

Expressions is an album by Chick Corea, released in 1994 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number ten on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.

<i>Jazz at the Hi-Hat</i> 1955 live album by Sonny Stitt

Jazz at the Hi-Hat is a live album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in Boston in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label as a four track 10 inch LP. The original album has been expanded with additional material and released on CD in two volumes.

<i>A</i> (Jimmy Raney album) 1957 studio album by Jimmy Raney

A is an album by guitarist Jimmy Raney recorded at three separate sessions between 1954 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.

<i>The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens</i> 2007 studio album by Thomas Quasthoff

The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens is a 2006 studio album by the German baritone Thomas Quasthoff. The album was arranged by Alan Broadbent, Steve Gray, and Nan Schwartz.

<i>The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection</i> 1993 box set by Johnny Mathis

The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a box set by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1993 by Columbia Records and gave an overview of his career with four CDs containing 86 tracks that he selected himself. In the liner notes he wrote that his "undying gratitude is really to the lyricists and composers of all these memorable songs. Without the words and music I have sung over the years, my career as a singer would not have existed. My thanks is always to these special and gifted people."

<i>Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano</i> 2007 studio album by André Previn

Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano is a 2007 studio album by the jazz pianist André Previn.

<i>Out of the Blues</i> (album) 2018 studio album by Boz Scaggs

Out of the Blues is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. The album, a mixture of vintage classics and four original compositions by close friend Jack "Applejack" Walroth, is the last in a trilogy that began with 2013's Memphis and continued with 2015's A Fool to Care. The album contains songs by blues musicians including Bobby "Blue" Bland, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, and Neil Young. It was released on July 27, 2018, on Concord Records. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart.

References

  1. 1 2 "But Beautiful - Boz Scaggs - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. "Boz Scaggs: But Beautiful". allmusic.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. "Review: Scaggs shows who's Boz in concert". Eastbaytimes.com. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.