Les Baxter
- Type: Composer
- Country: United States
- Born: United States
Biography
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
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Les Baxter Discography
- Perfume Set to Music (1948) - Album - rated 3/5
- Arthur Murray Favorites: Tangos (1951) - Album - rated 3.02/5
- Prince Di Candriano: Festival of the Gnomes (1953) - Album - rated 3.12/5
- The Passions (1954) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- Thinking of You (1954) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Caribbean Moonlight (1956) - Album - rated 3.32/5
- Tamboo! (1956) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Ports of Pleasure (1957) - Album - rated 3.31/5
- 'Round the World With Les Baxter (1957) - Album - rated 3/5
- Skins! Bongo Party With Les Baxter (1957) - Album - rated 3.34/5
- Space Escapade (1958) - Album - rated 3.44/5
- Love Is a Fabulous Thing (1958) - Album - rated 3.74/5
- Selections From Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (1958) - Album - rated 3.3/5
- African Jazz (1959) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz (1959) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- Les Baxter's Teen Drums (1960) - Album - rated 3.9/5
- Jewels of the Sea (1961) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- The Primitive and the Passionate (1962) - Album - rated 3.74/5
- The Soul of the Drums (1963) - Album - rated 3.5/5
- African Blue (1967) - Album - rated 3.86/5