Les Baxter — American Musician born on March 14, 1922, died on January 15, 1996

Leslie Thompson "Les" Baxter was an American musician and composer. After becoming well known as an arranger and composer for swing bands in the 1940s, he developed his own style of world music-influenced easy listening music, known as exotica, during the 1950s and 1960s... (wikipedia)

Any good music must be an innovation.
I love doing concert music.
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.