A Present for the Future

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Released 1987 (1987) Label Legato Artist Frank Gambale		Length 44:04 A Present for the Future(1987) Live!(1989) Release date 1987

Recorded 11–13 May, 26–30 June 1987 at Silverlake Sound Studios in Los Angeles Producer Frank Gambale, Mark Varney Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz Similar Frank Gambale albums, Jazz fusion albums

Frank gambale lazy passion a present for the future

A Present for the Future is the second studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1987 through Legato Records and reissued in 2000 through Wombat Records. The third track, "Stephanie", is renamed "Serenity" on the reissue; Harpist Stephanie Bennett was Gambale's ex-wife, and was consistently mentioned in the liner notes of all his albums until Passages (1994).

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Track listing

All music composed by Frank Gambale.

Personnel

Frank Gambale – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard (tracks 1, 4), strings, bass (track 5), mixing, production

Kei Akagi – keyboard (tracks 2, 7), Rhodes piano

Tom Coster – keyboard (track 3), synthesizer

Jack Kelly – drums (except track 6)

Steve Smith – drums (track 6)

Steve Reid – percussion

Steve Kershisnik – bass (except track 5)

John Patitucci – bass solo (track 6)

Steve Tavaglione – Steinerphone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute

Stephanie Bennett – electric harp

Alan Hirshberg – engineering, mixing (track 6)

Jon Googenheim – engineering

Robert M. Biles – mixing (except track 6)

Jeff Sanders – mastering

Mark Varney – executive production

Songs

1Lazy Passion6:05
2Spike's Song5:40
3Stephanie6:14

References

A Present for the Future Wikipedia

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