Les Baxter's African Jazz
Studio album by
Les Baxter and His Orchestra
Released1959
GenreEasy listening, Exotica
LabelCapitol ST 1184
ProducerVoyle Gilmore
Les Baxter and His Orchestra chronology
Les Baxter's African Jazz
(1959)		 Les Baxter's African Jazz
(1959)		 Les Baxter's Wild Guitars
(1959)

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]

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

Side 1

  1. "Brazilia"
  2. "Rain Forest"
  3. "Papagayo"
  4. "Amazon Falls"
  5. "Coco"
  6. "Carnival Merengue"

Side 2

  1. "Isle of Cuba"
  2. "Blue Jungle"
  3. "Voodoo Dreams"
  4. "One Thousand Cockatoos"
  5. "Go Chango"
  6. "Jungle Brava"

References

  1. ↑ "Les Baxter – Jungle Jazz". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jungle Jazz". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Review Spotlight on Albums". The Billboard. May 18, 1959. p. 32.
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