Release Date: 30 June 2017
Label: Documents
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 10
Barcode: 4053796003898
Genres: Easy Listening  Nostalgia  
Release Date: 30 June 2017
Label: Documents
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 10
Barcode: 4053796003898
Genres: Easy Listening  Nostalgia  
Description
Leslie Thompson “Les� Baxter (1922 – 1996) is best known as one of the originators of Exotica, a particular style of Easy Listening-music that offered its listeners a lush sonic vacation in the stereophonic comfort of their own living room, a trip on record full of imaginary rituals and exciting taboos. The composer, arranger and orchestra leader from Texas, who studied piano at the Detroit conservatory, decided against a career as a concert pianist in favor of Swing, the popular music of the time. At 21 he played saxophone for the Freddie Slack big band, and also worked as a vocalist, joining Mel Tormé’s Mel-Tones two years later. Studio and soundtrack work – for Nat “King� Cole or Yma Sumac, among others – led to successful concept albums of his own orchestral suites, such as “Ritual Of The Savage�, “The Passions�, “Caribbean Moonlight�, or “Space Escapade�, all of which are among the twenty original albums in this box set. Think of “Exotica� as the “world music� of the late Fifties and early Sixties – then sit back, relax, and enjoy the “sophisticated naïveté� of these inventively and dramatically arranged and produced scores for the movie in your mind.
Tracklisting
Wilhelm Kempff
Various Artists
Stan Getz
Jim Hall
Gewandhaus Quartett
Various Artists
Quincy Jones
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Les Baxter
Les Baxter
Les Baxter
Les Baxter
Les Baxter
Les Baxter
Les Baxter