Альбомы исполнителя
The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
1996 · альбом
The Colors Of Brazil - African Blue
1991 · сборник
Kpm 1000 Series: Bugaloo in Brazil
1970 · альбом
Electro Tropicando: The Les Baxter Remixes
2023 · альбом
Sunset Melancholy - Serenades for the Setting Sun
2023 · альбом
Joyas Musicales del Perú
2022 · альбом
101 Strings Orchestra Presents Les Baxter
2021 · альбом
Walk on the Wild Side
2017 · сборник
All About Les Baxter
2015 · альбом
Goliath & The Barbarians
2013 · альбом
Remixed by The Newton Brothers
2011 · альбом
Lounge Music Deluxe: 101 Strings
2011 · альбом
Les Baxter's Balladeers
2006 · альбом
The Soul Of The Drums
2005 · альбом
Moog Rock: Great Classic Hits
1968 · сборник
Baxter's Best
1960 · альбом
Voices In Rhythm
1961 · альбом
Broadway '61
1961 · альбом
Jewels Of The Sea
1961 · альбом
The Primitive & The Passionate
1962 · альбом
Sensational!
1962 · альбом
The Academy Award Winners
1963 · альбом
Hell's Belles
1969 · альбом
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Биография
Les Baxter is a pianist who composed and arranged for the top swing bands of the 1940s 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. Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory and Pepperdine College in Los Angeles. After he completed school, he abandoned the piano and became a vocalist. When he was 23, he joined Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones. The group sang on Artie Shaw records, including the hit "What Is This Thing Called Love." In 1950, he became an arranger and conductor for Capitol Records, working on hits by Nat King Cole, including "Mona Lisa." Around the same time, Baxter began recording his own albums. In 1948, he released a triple-78 album called Music out of the Moon, which ushered in space-age pop with its use of the theremin. Four years later, he began recording exotica albums with Le Sacre du Sauvage. On his early-'50s singles Baxter was relatively straightforward, performing versions of standards like the number one hits "Unchained Melody" and "The Poor People of Paris," but on his albums he experimented with all sorts of world musics, adapting them for his orchestra. As he was recording his exotica albums, Baxter was also the musical director for the radio show Halls of Ivy, plus Abbott & Costello radio shows; he also composed over 100 film scores, concentrating on horror movies and teenage musicals and comedies. Baxter's heyday was in the '50s and '60s. Although he continued to compose and record in the 1970s, his output was sporadic. Nevertheless, a cult following formed around his exotica recordings that persisted into the '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi