Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz

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.

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."

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"

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