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Les Baxter

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A pianist, composer and arranger who cut his teeth with jazz swing bands, Les Baxter went on to have a long and varied career during which he became closely associated with Nat King Cole, pioneered the use of the electrical theremin instrument and is credited as the founder of 'exotica', an easy listening style fused with African and South American influences which became hugely popular through the 1950s. Born in Mexia, Texas he learned his music studying at the Detroit Conservatory and Pepperdine College in Los Angeles and started out playing baritone and tenor sax with the...
Songs
Unchained Melody
Unchained MelodyLes Baxter

Return To Paradise - Jazz Big Band

2:31

Blue Tango
Blue TangoLes Baxter

Capitol Presents Les Baxter

Autumn Leaves
Autumn LeavesLes Baxter

By Popular Request

The High and the Mighty
The High and the MightyLes Baxter

Orchestral Favourites

Unchained Melody
Unchained MelodyLes Baxter

Les Baxter's Zing, Zing, Zoom, Zoom

Because of You
Because of YouLes Baxter

Les Baxter Selected Favorites

Albums