Raison D'être (album)

Raison D'être
Studio album by Frank Gambale
Released	13 April 2004 (2004-04-13)
Recorded	December 2003 – January 2004
Studio	Backroom Studios, Glendale, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz
Length	68:35
Label	Wombat
Producer	Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale chronology
Absolutely Live - In Poland (2002) Raison D'être (2004) Natural High (2006)
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Raison D'être is an album by jazz guitarist Frank Gambale released on 13 April 2004 by Wombat Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Gambale

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Foreign Country"	6:56
2.	"Cachination"	5:52
3.	"Bittersweet"	8:17
4.	"Table for One"	6:42
5.	"Nouveau Vignettes: Debut Solo"	1:25
6.	"Nouveau Vignettes: Melodique"	1:10
7.	"Nouveau Vignettes: Two Minutes B.C."	1:57
8.	"Ka'anapali"	6:37
9.	"May the Fourths Be With You"	7:03
10.	"Monkey Wrench"	5:51
11.	"Smug"	6:25
12.	"Complex Emotions"	10:20
Total length:		68:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD edition liner notes:

• Frank Gambale – guitar, arrangement, mixing, production, executive production
• Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
• Ric Fierabracci – bass
• Steve Billman – bass
• Robert M. Biles – engineering, mixing
• Dave Frederic – engineering
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering

External links

• In Review: Frank Gambale "Raison D'etre" at Guitar Nine Records