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Kaleidoscope is one of Les Baxter's earliest 12" albums, an instrumental platter that contains the hits "Blue Tango," "Ruby," "Gigi," "The High and the Mighty," and one of his biggest, "April in Portugal." Even though Baxter's Tamboo! and "Quiet Village" were yet to come, Kaleidoscope shows his abiding interest in international music and instrumentation that contributed to the exotica craze. Most of the songs are drawn from international sources with the exception of four Hollywood film themes. "Atlantis" foreshadows Baxter's 1957 album Skins! with its emphasis on percussion, while "Julie" is straight orchestral pop with a wordless chorus. Kaleidoscope lacks the cohesion of his thematic albums because of its wide mixture of styles, but that is not surprising since most of these songs are taken from previously released singles.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Bernie Wayne, Composer
℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Jimmy Kennedy, Author - Raul Ferrao, Composer - Jose Galhardo, Author
℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
Charles Wolcott, Composer - Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Sidney Norman, Composer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Francis Lopez, Composer - LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Bronislaw Kaper, Composer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Leroy Anderson, Composer - LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Art Strauss, Composer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Heinz Roemheld, ComposerLyricist - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - Danny Welton, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist - F. Veran, Composer - R. Thoreau, Composer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Donovan Leitch, Composer - LES BAXTER, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Dimitri Tiomkin, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - LES BAXTER, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Kaleidoscope is one of Les Baxter's earliest 12" albums, an instrumental platter that contains the hits "Blue Tango," "Ruby," "Gigi," "The High and the Mighty," and one of his biggest, "April in Portugal." Even though Baxter's Tamboo! and "Quiet Village" were yet to come, Kaleidoscope shows his abiding interest in international music and instrumentation that contributed to the exotica craze. Most of the songs are drawn from international sources with the exception of four Hollywood film themes. "Atlantis" foreshadows Baxter's 1957 album Skins! with its emphasis on percussion, while "Julie" is straight orchestral pop with a wordless chorus. Kaleidoscope lacks the cohesion of his thematic albums because of its wide mixture of styles, but that is not surprising since most of these songs are taken from previously released singles.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:09
- Main artists: Les Baxter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
© 1955 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2022 Capitol Records, LLC
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