Les Baxter - Autumn Leaves

Les Baxter in a rare clip showing him with chorus and orchestra performing Autumn Leaves. He's pretty dandy on the piano too.



And here's something called Les Baxter Music of the Sixties - dig those bongos!

Les Baxter - Jewels of the Sea 1961

Great cover and one of my favourite exotica albums. Les manages to evoke the undersea world of exotic islands.

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Les Baxter - Bora Bora

Soundtrack territory for Les in this exotica flavoured offering.

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Les Baxter - Ritual of the Savage 1951

Arguably the first exotica album and the first appearance of Quiet Village, that icon of Exotica music.

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Les Baxter - Que Mango

Here's one of Les' later albums with help from the 101 Strings and its up to his usual high standards.

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Sacred Idol and Wild in the Streets

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Les Baxter - Wild Guitars

Guitars + Les Baxter = great music.

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Don Tiare - Music of Les Baxter

Here's a very fine tribute of Les Baxter's music. In fact this is right up there with the best albums produced by Les himself and highly recommended

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Les Baxter and Bas Sheva - The Passions

Well produced by Les Baxter this album is 50s America's impression of the passions. Apparently the wild female was a jungle beast just brimming with a full gamut of earthly sounds signifying her state of arousal.

Lets hope the lucky bachelor was a big game hunter able to corral this lustful beast.

Les Baxter - South Pacific

Les Baxter does South pacific. Easy meets exotica, just fine in my book.

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Les Baxter - Thinking of You

Shared on Xtabays World this is Les in his easy listening mode. Still superior to any one else's easy mode.

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