''Raison D'être'' is the ninth studio album by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

guitarist

Frank Gambale Frank Gambale ( ; born 22 December 1958) is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released twenty albums over a period of three decades, and is known for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques. Recording career Sol ...

, released on 13 April 2004 by Wombat Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD edition liner notes: *

– guitar,

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, mixing, production, executive production *

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the '' Mode ...

– drums, percussion * Ric Fierabracci – bass *Steve Billman – bass *Robert M. Biles –

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, mixing *Dave Frederic – engineering * Joe Gastwirt – mastering

References

External links

In Review: Frank Gambale "Raison D'etre"
at Guitar Nine Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Raison D'etre Frank Gambale albums 2004 albums