Name: Jewels Of The Sea
Brand: Les Baxter

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acmem232cd

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-05-14

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Les Baxter

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Easy Listening / Exotica

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Les Baxter was an American composer and conductor, born on March 14, 1922 in Mexia, Texas. He is renowned for his extensive contribution to the world of music, having written over 150 film soundtracks throughout his career. His talent and creativity were not limited to the big screen; he also achieved great success with his hit song "The Poor People of Paris" in 1956, which reached number one on the charts.

Baxter's unique style and innovative approach to music have made him a highly influential figure in the industry. His compositions often incorporated elements from various genres, including exotica and lounge music. As a result, he has been recognized as one of the pioneers of these musical styles.

Some artists who share similar musical sensibilities with Les Baxter include *Tak Shindo*, *Martin Denny*, *Leroy Holmes*, *Terry Snyder*, *Arthur Lyman*, and many others. Their works showcase a fusion of different cultural influences that create captivating melodies and rhythms.

for as long as man beheld the ocean's splendour, inspiration has come with the tides and stayed to work its magic on the imagination. to a composer the sea offers wondrous motion, a shimmering surface of flowing mystery. les baxter gratefully accepted these things, and distilled them into exotic miniatures of dream-like beauty - sparkling, opalescent gems. dreamy, sensual, iridescent, abstracted, this is quintessential les baxter. baxter invented exotica and created the definitive works of the genre, among them ritual of the savage, tamboo!, ports of pleasure, the sacred idol and jewels of the sea. baxter imposed his passion for stravinsky and debussy on escapist travelogue themes to create a unique form of popular music that was far from 'easy listening' in the conventional sense. the depth of baxter's artistry was acknowledged by sun ra, who considered him to be the most adventurous and enlightened post-war composer. his wild inventiveness has made baxter a hero to modern artists as diverse as jello biafra and beck.

Jewels Of The Sea

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