Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz is an album by Les Baxter and His Orchestra. It was released in 1959 on the Capitol label (catalog no. T-1184). Plas Johnson is featured on tenor sax and alto flute. The music was composed by Baxter.[1][2]
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| Studio album by Les Baxter and His Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening, exotica | |||
| Label | Capitol ST 1184 | |||
| Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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Upon its release designated it as "A Billboard Pick" and wrote: "This is a real swinger from start to finish. . . . The treatments are colorful, and the sound is excellent. . . . Buffs and bugs will take to this."[3]
Track listing
editSide 1
- "Brazilia"
- "Rain Forest"
- "Papagayo"
- "Amazon Falls"
- "Coco"
- "Carnival Merengue"
Side 2
- "Isle of Cuba"
- "Blue Jungle"
- "Voodoo Dreams"
- "One Thousand Cockatoos"
- "Go Chango"
- "Jungle Brava"
References
edit- ^ "Les Baxter – Jungle Jazz". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Jungle Jazz". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Review Spotlight on Albums". The Billboard. May 18, 1959. p. 32.