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Les Baxter (March 14, 1922–January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer.
Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer. At the age of 23 he joined Mel Tormé’s Mel-Tones, singing on Artie Shaw records such as « What Is This Thing Called Love? ».
Baxter then turned to arranging and conducting for Capitol Records in 1950 and was credited with the early Nat King Cole hits, « Mona Lisa » and « Too Young », but both were actually orchestrated by Nelson Riddle. In later releases of the recordings the credit was corrected to Riddle. In 1953 he scored his first movie, the sailing travelogue Tanga Tika. With his own orchestra, he released a number of hits including « Ruby » (1953), « Unchained Melody » (1955) and « The Poor People Of Paris » (1956). He also achieved success with concept albums of his own orchestral suites: Le Sacre Du Sauvage, Festival Of The Gnomes, Ports Of Pleasure, and Brazil Now, the first three for Capitol and the fourth on Gene Norman’s Crescendo label. The list of musicians on these recordings includes Plas Johnson and Clare Fischer.
Baxter also wrote the « Whistle » theme from the TV show Lassie.
Baxter did not restrict his activities to recording. As he once told Soundtrack! magazine, « I never turn anything down ».
Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer. At the age of 23 he joined Mel Tormé’s Mel-Tones, singing on Artie Shaw records such as « What Is This Thing Called Love? ».
Baxter then turned to arranging and conducting for Capitol Records in 1950 and was credited with the early Nat King Cole hits, « Mona Lisa » and « Too Young », but both were actually orchestrated by Nelson Riddle. In later releases of the recordings the credit was corrected to Riddle. In 1953 he scored his first movie, the sailing travelogue Tanga Tika. With his own orchestra, he released a number of hits including « Ruby » (1953), « Unchained Melody » (1955) and « The Poor People Of Paris » (1956). He also achieved success with concept albums of his own orchestral suites: Le Sacre Du Sauvage, Festival Of The Gnomes, Ports Of Pleasure, and Brazil Now, the first three for Capitol and the fourth on Gene Norman’s Crescendo label. The list of musicians on these recordings includes Plas Johnson and Clare Fischer.
Baxter also wrote the « Whistle » theme from the TV show Lassie.
Baxter did not restrict his activities to recording. As he once told Soundtrack! magazine, « I never turn anything down ».
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Baxter's Best
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Tamboo!
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The Sacred Idol
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sonicsonia a écrit :
great les baxter turned me into a spacoholic! now i eat it all :)))
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laaelxim a écrit :
absolutely gorgeous the way he use the music!
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protonemata a écrit :
how delightful!
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smarts47 a écrit :
Haha, we did some selections from Tamboo! and The Sacred Idol for a concert at my university, which was the first time it's been performed live. Ever. Let me tell you, that stuff isn't easy to learn and is not meant for live performance (especially vocals, yikes!). It takes a mad genius to write that stuff.
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imuzico a écrit :
absolutely gorgeous music....i like it {`
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largojax a écrit :
Palm trees, secret agents, damsels in need, the scent of exotic flowers, and some space action! You gotta love this music!
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brendation a écrit :
sabrosura!
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Audiomoxie a écrit :
Le Sacre du Sauvage
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MamaLuigi a écrit :
Space Escapade!
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Jazzdjur a écrit :
Join The Bahama Soul Club and share our love for jazz, latin, exotica, bossa and smooth sounds! I'm hoping to see you at The Club!
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Zach216 a écrit :
This guy abso-fukin-lutely ruled
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notoire a écrit :
musical genius
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Vitalic9999 a écrit :
Aaaaabuena
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ladruga a écrit :
great!!!!...
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mf1171 a écrit :
The Exotic Moods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bullzor a écrit :
I love Stone God... it's very avant-garde in a way!
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adaam2 a écrit :
exotica- yummm
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Dreagan_luna a écrit :
Dunwich rules
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zygocactus a écrit :
A great artist
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u_neak a écrit :
i second that
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