Les Baxter

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  • exotica
  • lounge
  • easy listening
  • jazz
  • space age pop
Les Baxter is a pianist who composed and arranged for the top swing bands of the ’40s and ’50s, but he is better known as the founder of exotica, a variation of easy listening that glorified the sounds and styles of Polynesia, Africa, and South America, even as it retained the traditional string-and-horn arrangements of instrumental pop. Exotica became a massively popular trend in the ’50s, with thousands of record buyers listening to Baxter, Martin Denny, and their imitators. Baxter also pioneered the use of the electronic instrument the theremin, which has a haunting, howling sound.

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Albums

The Academy Award Winners / The Soul of the Drums (2002)
Tamboo / Skins (2000)
Baxter's Best (1996)
By Popular Request (1996)
Que Mango! (1996)
The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter (disc 1) (1996)
The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter (disc 2) (1996)
The Lost Episode (1995)
Million Seller Hits (feat. 101 Strings) (1970)
Les Baxter: The Sound of Adventure (disc 1) (1969)
Les Baxter: The Sound of Adventure (disc 2) (1969)
Moog Rock (1969)
Hell's Belles (1968)
Jewels of the Sea (1961)
Sensational! (1961)
Teen Drums (1960)
The Sacred Idol (1960)
African Jazz (1959)
Jungle Jazz (1959)
Confetti (1958)
'Round the World With Les Baxter (1957)
'Round the World With... (1957)
Space Escapade (1957)
Skins (Bongo Party With Les Baxter) (1956)
Tamboo! (1956)
Caribbean Moonlight (1955)
Kaleidoscope (1955)
The Passions (1954)
Ritual of the Savage (1952)
101 Christmas Songs CD2

Singles

Unchained Melody (1955)

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