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Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale

Born:
Dec 22, 1958 in Canberra, Australia

  • Genre: Jazz
  • Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Instrument: Guitar

Biography

Frank Gambale is best-known for his fiery work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band. He was a student at the Guitar Institute of Technology while in his early twenties, wrote instructional books, and during 1983-1986, was on the school's faculty. He joined Corea in 1986, has also performed with Steve Smith's Vital Information, and has been a leader on his own rock-oriented dates for JVC. A collaboration with bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Steve Smith was another fruitful venture for Gambale, spawning several discs between the three that became increasingly ambitious as time went by. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Representative Albums:

Live, Show Me What You Can Do, The Great Explorers

Similar Artists:

Paul Jackson, Jr., Eric Gale, Brandon Fields, Richard Elliott, Cornell Dupree, Mike Stern, Candy Dulfer, Billy Butler

Influences:

Chick Corea

A Member of the Group:

Big Franklin, Chick Corea's Elektric Band

Performed Songs By:

Stuart Hamm, Stephanie Bennett

Worked With:

Dave Weckl, Steve Tavaglione, Eric Marienthal, Bernie Kirsh, Kei Akagi, John Patitucci, Tom Coster
 
 
Wikipedia: Frank Gambale


Frank Gambale
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Background information
Born December 22, 1958
Genre(s) Jazz fusion
Years active 1986 - present
Website Official website

Frank Gambale (born December 22, 1958) is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He is renowned for his use of the sweep-picking technique.

Biography

He graduated from the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood with Student of the Year honors. After graduation, he played the jazz club circuit with his own band and published his first book "Speed Picking". In 1986 he signed a 3 album contract with a small label called Legato.

In 1986, he toured with Jean-Luc Ponty and shortly after that auditioned for Chick Corea. That began a 6 year stint with Corea's band and he participated in 5 albums, sharing in a Grammy award and two Grammy Nominations.

In 1986 he signed an endorsement deal with Ibanez guitars which spawned the Frank Gambale model guitar which was sold worldwide starting in 1987. Yamaha also manufactured a Frank Gambale model guitar after he left Ibanez. In 1988 signed with JVC and in 1990 he released "Thunder From Down Under". Gambale also served as Head of the Guitar Department of L.A. Music Academy (LAMA).

Gambale began his own record label called Wombat Records on which he re-released his early Legato catalog and a new a double live CD called "Resident Alien - Live Bootlegs," along with a duet CD with Maurizio Colonna, the Italian classical guitarist, called "Imagery Suite."

Gambale also recorded one album for Steve Vai's record company, Favored Nations, called "Coming To Your Senses"

He has also been a member of Vital Information since 1988. The group includes drummer Steve Smith, keyboardist Tom Coster and bassist Baron Browne. He also played on three trio recordings with bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Steve Smith on Mike Varney's Tone Center Records. In addition to concert recordings he also released a concert DVD called "Concert With Class."

Gambale toured Europe in 2004 and also again with the Chick Corea Elektric Band in 2004.

Discography

Albums

Title Release Remarks
Brave New Guitar 1986 -
Present for the Future 1987 -
Thunder from Down Under 1989 -
Live 1989 live
The Great Explorers 1990 -
Note Worker 1991 -
Passages 1994 -
Thinking out Loud 1995 -
Show Me What You Can Do 1998 -
Coming To Your Senses Favored Nations 2000 -
The Light Beyond 2000 -
Gambale & Colonna 2000 live
Resident Aliens: Live Bootlegs 2001 live
Absolutely Live-In Poland duo- primitivo mejia 2002 -
GHS 3 2002 -
Raison d'Être 2004 -
Natural High 2006 -
Made in Australia 2007 live

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