A Present for the Future

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A Present for the Future

Studio album by

Frank Gambale

Released

1987

Recorded

11–13 May, 26–30 June 1987

Studio

Silverlake Sound Studios, Los Angeles

Genre

Jazz fusion, smooth jazz

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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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

Track listing

All music is composed by Frank Gambale

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lazy Passion"	6:04
2.	"Spike's Song"	5:39
3.	"Stephanie"	6:13
4.	"Resident Alien"	5:39
5.	"The Natives Are Restless"	5:57
6.	"Legends"	9:11
7.	"The Tardis"	5:21
Total length:		44:04

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

References

^ "Present for the Future". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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