Les Baxter and His Orchestra & Chorus - "Kaleidoscope" (1955) - Capitol Records
Hello Friends,
We've got some early Les Baxter ("The Bax") on the turntable tonight! The sublime twelve instrumental tracks on Kaleidoscope pre-dates the really groundbreaking Exotica stuff that would comprise Baxter's LP's of the late 50's/early 60's.
But like a morning mist on a Tahitian beach, beneath the melodies of these 12 tracks you can hear faint whispers of more exotic instruments, jungle rhythms, wordless choruses and other-worldly sonic experiments!
Kind of hate the shitty LP cover, though. Looks like a Christmas decoration my grandmother threw out!
RATING: 3.5 Aprils in Portugal out of 5
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