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Frank Hunter And His Orchestra
"White Goddess"
WHITE GODDESS
FRANK HUNTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
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STRANGE, SULTRY AND SEDUCTIVE ... fierce, fascinating and feverish — here are
sounds to quicken the heart beat,
the tropical fantasy of a hidden world.
A woman's voice calls, hypnotic
and compelling drums repeat the
haunting command and the music
weaves a spell of mystery.
Arranger/conductor Frank Hunter has
composed eight of the selections in this
album and has collected together some
of the most unusual instruments ever
recorded to produce a completely
new and exotic musical sound.
They include an electronic Instrument
designed in France, which issues a strange,
vibrato sound when the entire keyboard is shifted,
a buzzimba — the only Instrument which,
although it is unique, it can best be identified with a mixture of the Marimba and the Xylophone,
and an Aho Flute — a seldom heard Instrument.
Also on hand are Chromatic Bongo Drums, Chromatic Log Drums and Chinese Bells,
on which melodies can be played, and a high soprano voice. Additional rhythm is provided by
Gourds, Maroccos and Tambourines, and the ensemble is completed by a Marimba,
a Xylophone, a Vibrophone and a String Bass.
This amazing combination of instruments brings
you music that is attractive and exciting, with
unexpected rhythm that will compel your attention.
This is not mood music, but it is music with a difference-melodic music for good listening,
popular music that may well find a place on
the hit parade, music that you will want to
listen to again and again.
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Also see:
http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev113_frankhunter_wg/
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Frank Theodore Hundertmark (October 19, 1919 – December 15, 2005), known as Frank Hunter, was an American trombonist, bandleader and music arranger. He is now best known for his 1959 exotica album White Goddess. Early in his career he used the name Frank Huntermark, and on some recordings of Latin American music he was credited as Francisco Cazador ("cazador" being Spanish for "hunter").
Born and brought up in the Germantown area of Philadelphia, Hunter attended Mastbaum Vocational High School. He began as a professional musician in jazz bands in and around the area. In 1940 he began playing in the house band at radio station WCAU, before touring with Al Donahue. In World War II, he scored revues, and arranged shows for the West Point Band.
After the war, as Frank Huntermark, he joined Elliot Lawrence's orchestra where he worked as an arranger, later competing for the role with the younger Gerry Mulligan. He appeared in, and arranged for, Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club in the early 1950s. According to Whiteman's biographer Don Rayno, Hunter's "arranging ability was legendary – he could arrange, without piano, while the band was playing another song, spreading out the parts on the floor, working on a moment's notice when necessary."
At Jubilee Records in 1955, he recorded the album Sounds of the Hunter. In 1956, he toured as trombonist with the Tex Beneke Band, before starting work as a full-time arranger. He worked as an arranger for Bethlehem Records, with singer Frances Faye, trumpeter Howard McGhee, and others. He went on to work for several other record labels in the mid-1950s, including Mercury, Medallion, and Top Rank, and with musicians including Johnny Hartman, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, Carmen McRae, Eddie Fisher, and Eddie Heywood.
His work for Kapp Records in the late 1950s included arrangements for Roger Williams, Jane Morgan, Joe Harnell, Anita Darian, and Hoagy Carmichael,[3][4] as well as the 1958 album Great Melodies From The Motion Pictures. His own project on Kapp, White Goddess, "combines original compositions and standards, orchestrated and arranged for an unusual combination of instruments" including Ondioline, chromatic bongos, Chinese bells, and the "buzzimba". The result has been described as "something of a cross-over between jungle exotica and space music and right up there with the very best in both categories". Because of both its quality and scarcity to collectors, the album "has been compared to the Holy Grail by exotica fans".
After leaving Kapp around 1960, Hunter worked on arrangements on labels including Everest, Chancellor, Epic, Columbia, Reprise, and RCA Victor. In 1961, as Francisco Cazador, he released the album The Passionate Valentino Tangos on Reprise. Musicians and singers with whom he worked in the 1960s included Bobby Hackett, Tutti Camarata, Frankie Avalon, Robert Goulet, ... He also contributed to a series of box sets for Columbia, presenting arrangements of the past year's pop music hits.
By the mid-1960s, his style of arrangements had become less fashionable, but he continued to contribute to commercials, and between 1973 and 1975 was musical director for The Mike Douglas Show. ... -- Wikipedia
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