2006 compilation of Les Baxter - MOR hitmaker, Jazz innovator, member of Mel Torme's innovative Mel-Tones; innovative and acclaimed A&R man and producer to everyone from Yma Sumac to a series of Biker movies and electronic music pioneer. And here is the Stravinskyesque grand master of EXOTICA in his acknowledged masterpiece album "Ritual Of The Savage"!! The inspiration for the entire EXOTICA genre all in one place... and coupled here with Baxter's legendary and little heard tone poem "The Passions", where vocalist Bas Sheva goes absolutely nuts in a gamut of feelings as Baxter's orchestra spirals to a crescendo of sound!!!
- 1 Busy Port
- 2 Sophisticated Savage
- 3 Jungle River Boat
- 4 Jungle Flower
- 5 Barquita
- 6 Stone God
- 7 Quiet Village
- 8 Jungle Jalopy
- 9 Coronation
- 10 Love Dance
- 11 Kinkajou
- 12 The Ritual
- 13 Bacoa
- 14 Despair
- 15 Ecstasy
- 16 Hate
- 17 Lust
- 18 Terror
- 19 Jealousy
- 20 Joy