''Caribbean Moonlight'' is an album by Les Baxter. It was released in 1956 on

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. In January 1957, it reached the No. 5 spot on ''Billboard'' magazine's "Pop Instrumentals" chart.

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later gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Jason Akeny wrote that "its melodies move with the hypnotic beauty and sway of moonbeams flickering across the water's surface, while its supple, exotic rhythms conjure a nearly mystical paradise of palm trees, sandy beaches, and cool breezes."

Track listing

Side 1 # "Taboo" (Marguerita Lecana, Al Stillman) # "Deep Night" (Charlie Henderson, Rudy Vallee) # "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuana, Al Stillman) # "Nightingale" (Xavier Cugat, George Rosner) # "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) # "Poinciana" (Simon, Bernier, Lliso) Side 2 # "Ay, Ay, Ay" (Osman Perez Freire) # "Adios" (Enric Madriguera) # "Carnival" (Harry Warren, Bob Russell) # "Green Eyes" (Nilo Menendez) # "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) # "Sway (Quien Sera)" (Pablo Beltran Ruiz-Norman Gimbel)

References

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