A Present for the Future
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Present for the Future
| type = studio
| artist = Frank Gambale
| cover = Frank Gambale - 1987 - A Present for the Future.jpg
| released = {{start date|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
| prev_title = Brave New Guitar
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Live!
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Present for the Future |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/present-for-the-future-mw0000201417 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=20 May 2020}}
}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_music = Frank Gambale
| title1 = Lazy Passion
| length1 = 6:04
| title2 = Spike's Song
| length2 = 5:39
| title3 = Stephanie
| length3 = 6:13
| title4 = Resident Alien
| length4 = 5:39
| title5 = The Natives Are Restless
| length5 = 5:57
| title6 = Legends
| length6 = 9:11
| title7 = The Tardis
| length7 = 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
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