Ritual of the Savage explained
| Ritual of the Savage |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Les Baxter |
| Cover: | Ritualofthesavage.jpg |
| Recorded: | May 17, 1951 |
| Studio: | Capitol (Hollywood) |
| Genre: | Exotica |
| Length: | [1] |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
| Prev Title: | Arthur Murray Favorites: Tangos |
| Prev Year: | 1951 |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Next Title: | Festival of the Gnomes |
| Next Year: | 1953 |
Ritual of the Savage is an album by American composer Les Baxter, released in 1951 often cited as one of the most important exotica albums.[2] The album featured lush orchestral arrangements along with tribal rhythms and offered such classics as "Quiet Village", "Jungle River Boat", "Love Dance", and "Stone God."[3]
Baxter described the album as a "tone poem of the sound and the struggle of the jungle."[4] The album's liner notes requested the listener to imagine themselves transported to a tropical land. "Do the mysteries of native rituals intrigue you…does the haunting beat of savage drums fascinate you? Are you captivated by the forbidden ceremonies of primitive peoples in far-off Africa or deep in the interior of the Belgian Congo?"[5]
Track listing
- "Busy Port" – 3:07
- "Sophisticated Savage" – 2:15
- "Jungle River Boat" – 3:08
- "Jungle Flower" – 2:44
- "Barquita" – 1:45
- "Stone God" – 3:10
- "Quiet Village" – 3:19
- "Jungle Jalopy" – 2:37
- "Coronation" – 3:00
- "Love Dance" – 2:19
- "Kinkajou" – 1:53
- "The Ritual" – 3:14
Notes and References
- Web site: Ritual of the Savage . . 2011-12-25.
- Web site: Skip Heller on LES BAXTER . ultramodern.org . 2011-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308201032/http://www.ultramodern.org/skip/lesbaxter.html. dead . 2012-03-08.
- Taboo: Time and Belief in Exotica. Representations. 2008-07-16. Phil. Ford. 103 . 103. 107–135. 10.1525/rep.2008.103.1.107 . 2009-08-05 .
- Book: Lanza, J. . Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong; Revised and Expanded Edition . University of Michigan Press . 2004 . 978-0-472-08942-0 . 2018-12-15 . 120.
- Book: Meyers . D. . Walker . E.M. . Chenault . J. . Motz . D. . Kahiki Supper Club: A Polynesian Paradise in Columbus . Arcadia Publishing Incorporated . American Palate . 2014 . 978-1-62585-133-8 . 2018-12-15 . 41.
