Les Baxter – Colors Of Brazil African Blue (1992) MP3

Les Baxter | The Colors of Brazil / African Blue
Release:1992 | mp3/Flac (image+.cue) | 320 kbps/Lossless | 147,1 / 386,11 Mb
Genre: ExoticaLoungeEasy ListeningJazz

Originally released as 2 separate LPs: BRAZIL NOW (1966)/AFRICAN BLUE (1967).
Released in 1966 and 1967 as the albums BRAZIL NOW and AFRICAN BLUEthe 25 tracks on this well-annotated collection capture composer/arranger/tenor saxophonist Les Baxter towards the end of his primary creative period. Baxter’s special brand of easy listening and world music influences wasn’t as unique by the mid-’60s as it had been a decade before. Bossa nova artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto were making a heftiermore authentic version of the same sort of music that’s on this discand at the timeBaxter’s slick orchestral arrangements sounded kind of old-fashioned.
Nowof coursethat’s kind of the pointand in hindsightthere’s no way you can go wrong with tunes like Francis Lai’s “A Man and a Woman” and Jobim’s “Berimbau.” Hipsters might have originally been smirking when they revived this musicbut there’s genuine artistry to be found here. ~ cduniverse.com




Tracklist :
1. Felicidade [From Black Orpheus]
2. Canta de Ossanha
3. Balan Samba
4. Day of the Roses (Dia das Rosas)
5. A Man and a Woman
6. Who Will