Frank Gambale
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Grammy winning guitar virtuoso, Frank Gambale, exploded on the L.A. scene in the early ‘80’s. His meteoric rise to fame is a testament to his passion powered playing – a style “Rolling Stone Magazine” calls “ferocious”!
Gambale is the undisputed genius who originated the sweep picking technique and elevated it to a precise art form now standard in the guitar lexicon. The “Gambale Sweep Picking Technique” continues to inspire generations of musicians. Jazz, rock, metal and progressive artists alike are united in their awe of Frank as both an amazing technician and an unsurpassed musician.
As jazz legend Chick Corea, describes Frank: “Everything you touch with your guitar turns gold – always has.” While John McLaughlin’s tongue-in-cheek response to his finesse is “I’d like to cut his hands off.”
A musician’s musician, gifted composer, brilliant innovator and author of numerous instructional books and DVDs, Frank continues to reach unprecedented sonic and technical heights. His six string prowess and seemingly limitless vision point towards an exciting future of ground breaking music.
Early Years
Frank Gambale was born into a family of talented musicians in his native Canberra, Australia. He quickly absorbed the pantheon of ‘60’s and ‘70’s rock guitar greats.
As a teen, Frank’s musical horizons expanded with the influence of jazz and vocal based music under the generous tutelage of a local import record shop owner. This led to nearly two full years of concentration on piano before digging back into guitar with renewed zeal.
In these formative years, Frank’s musical foundations became firmly rooted in three concepts:
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Coming to Your Senses
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The Great Explorers
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Thunder From Down Under
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v_nick
Very nice.
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headgear56
He's jazz fusion god along with Holdsworth.
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JazzCaravan
Excellent! Great crescendo!
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drbrutality
Has left me speechless Great Guitarist!
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guiToT
"White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything — you know what I mean?" - Miles Davis =)))
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mudkipzftw
Found out about this guy through listening to Holdsworth, pretty cool stuff. What'd be a good album to start listening to Gambale?
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Megacorpse
Saw him live last tonight! Fucking great!
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Diestros
Inquieto. Excita. Acabo de descubrirlo... hombre de suerte!!!!
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marrazzomm
Uncle Fester sure can play that guitar, boy! Who knew? ( see http://www.last.fm/music/Frank+Gambale/+images/29640233 )
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bushyguitar
Those old instructional videos are gold. You most likely fail at playing, Hector.
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fonoiado
it doens't matter if is jazz or not.
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MartijnP
Since most of his vids are on advanced sweeping techniques they're not recommended to 'learn to play' but rather to improve skill, so I completely understand why you think they suck.
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deleted-users
He is a great guitar player, but why keep on pretending it´s jazz? It´s instrumental pop for christs sake!
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Colton165
im learning "The Jaguar" on guitar now!
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IldeTheTerror
He sure beats up Vai's and Satriani's ass!!!
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shlshred
I saw him live in a guitar clinic, he's awesome and really funny. obviously a guitar god
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Kerestedjian
Go for true-blu, Superchamp! Best wishes to Marcus Hinder :o) Spot ya in Hamburg one of these days.
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lucasirianni
Great maestro!...greetings from London.
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AnikinaKate
Frank is Great guitarist and composer
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john_holton
I read Frank Gambale's articles in Guitar Player magazine before I actually heard him play. I finally found a copy of "Thunder from Down Under" and thought his playing was excellent. Glad to see he's still around.
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