Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz Explained

Les Baxter's African Jazz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Les Baxter and His Orchestra
Cover:	Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz.png
Released:	1959
Genre:	Easy listening, exotica
Label:	Capitol ST 1184
Producer:	Voyle Gilmore
Prev Title:	Les Baxter's African Jazz
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Les Baxter's Wild Guitars
Next Year:	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"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les Baxter – Jungle Jazz. Discogs. December 30, 2020.
2. Web site: Jungle Jazz. AllMusic. December 30, 2020.
3. Web site: Review Spotlight on Albums. The Billboard. May 18, 1959. 32.