A Present for the Future

A Present for the Future
Studio album by Frank Gambale
Released	1987 (1987)[1]
Recorded	11–13 May, 26–30 June 1987 at Silverlake Sound Studios in Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz[2]
Length	44:04
Label	Legato
Producer	Frank Gambale, Mark Varney
Frank Gambale chronology
Brave New Guitar (1985) A Present for the Future (1987) Live! (1989)
Alternative cover
2000 reissue

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AllMusic	[1]

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.^[3] 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).

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

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