Artist: Les Baxter
Album: ‘Round The World With Les Baxter
Genre: Lounge, Jazz
Release Date: 1957/2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 30:31
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 364 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Les Baxter – (What Happens In) Buenos Aires (02:27)
1-2. Les Baxter – Melodia Loca (Chilean Crazy Song) (02:04)
1-3. Les Baxter – The Poor People Of Paris (Jean’s Song) (Single Version) (02:24)
1-4. Les Baxter – Japanese Parasols (02:40)
1-5. Les Baxter – The Clown On The Eiffel Tower (02:01)
1-6. Les Baxter – Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart (02:50)
1-7. Les Baxter – Venezuela (02:44)
1-8. Les Baxter – Purple Islands (02:44)
1-9. Les Baxter – Padam, Padam (02:33)
1-10. Les Baxter – Normandy (02:30)
1-11. Les Baxter – Monika (03:05)
1-12. Les Baxter – Romantic Rio (02:24)

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‘Round the World with Les Baxter is an album by Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus. It was released in 1957 on the Capitol label (catalog no. T-780). The album was recorded on August 8, 1956.

Upon its release, Billboard gave the album a score of 79 out of 100 and described it as consisting of “glittering performances” with “lush arrangements”.AllMusic later gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Jason Ankeny wrote that Baxter proved “his unparalleled skill for translating the sounds and textures of foreign lands into sublimely melodic travelogues that capture settings based far more in fantasy than reality. . . . each arrangement perfectly captures the cinematic precision of Baxter’s artistry . . .