Raison d'Être

Raison d'Être Artist: Frank Gambale
Label: Wombat Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 669247701424
EAN: 0669247701424
ASIN: B0001XAQYG


Release Date: 2004-04-13

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  1. Music - 01 - my collection list
  2. Modern Jazz-Rock Fusion

Tracks:

  1. Foreign Country
  2. Cachination
  3. Bittersweet
  4. Table for One
  5. Nouveau Vignettes: Debut Solo
  6. Nouveau Vignettes: Melodique
  7. Nouveau Vignettes: Two Minutes B.C.
  8. Ka'anapali
  9. May the Fourths Be With You
  10. Monkey Wrench
  11. Smug
  12. Complex Emotions

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Stretching beyond shred.......2004-12-25

With his custom doubleneck Yamaha solidbody and Nouveau Tuning system, Frank Gambale continues to push the envelope of rock-tinged jazz improvisation. This album is packed with the kind of growling, fat-toned phrases that have characterized the Aussie transplant's playing since he burst on the scene in 1986 as a sweep-picking shredder. But contrasting such sax-like tones are a plethora of piano-inspired timbres -- spanky chord voicings composed of close intervals and shimmering with subtle dissonance. Made possible by Gambale's recently developed alternative tuning, these chimey, fingerpicked sounds allow him to express his harmonic ideas more fully than before. Drummer Billy Cobham provides relaxed, yet razor-sharp grooves to support Gambale and his bassists -- Ric Fierabracci and Steve Billman -- as they spin lines at warp speed. Gambale composed and arranged the album's 12 originals, proving that his chops extend well beyond the fretboard.

5 out of 5 stars Raison D'etre.......2004-09-24

Gambale states music as his Raison D'etre and this album certainly testifies. There are strong compositions from start to finish and the performances are truly inspired. There is a minimum of overdriven shred guitar solos which is good news to my ears. That's not to say the music is mellow. In fact, these are some of the most engaging performances you could imagine. From soaring rhythm tracks featuring Frank's nouveau guitar tuning, to the two endlessly inventive funk-jazz workouts "May The Fourths Be With You" and "Smug". The phenomenal Billy Cobham on drums and two great bass players only add to the strength of this excellent release.

4 out of 5 stars LOTS OF NOTES , MELODY AND STYLE.......2004-09-05

IF YOUR A FAN , YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY LIKE THIS GAMBALE TRIO . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MODERN ELECTRIC " JAZZ GUITAR " , THERE IS 68 MINUTES OF WORTHY IDEAS AND SOUNDS . TASTEFUL , AND AT TIMES ELEGENT . THE BAND IS RESPONSIVE . GAMBALE HAS A DISTINCTIVE PERSONAL STYLE , WITH A SOMETIME STRONG ELEMENT OF FUSION . THE OCCASIONAL IDEA ISN'T TOO DEEP , BUT I THINK THEY ARE ENJOYING THE MOMENT ............

Music CD:

  1. Royal Garden Blues ~ Branford Marsalis
  2. Strikes Twice ~ Larry Carlton
  3. The Van Damme Sound/Martini Time ~ Art Van Damme
  4. Live at Otter Crest ~ Gene Harris
  5. Another Side of Genesis ~ Daryl Stuermer
  6. For Losers ~ Archie Shepp
  7. Day Into Night ~ Bob Mamet
  8. The Jody Grind ~ Horace Silver
  9. Metal Fatigue ~ Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck
  10. Piano ~ Wynton Kelly

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Flash and the Pan/Lights in the Night ~ Flash and the Pan

Double Bill ~ Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan [Tribute] ~ Various Artists

Communicating at an Unknown Rate ~ The Cannanes & Steward

Rust Never Sleeps

Hounds of Love ~ Kate Bush

The Hunt For Red October: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ~ Basil Poledouris

Intelligence Records Presents... ~ Various Artists

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