1 	Magritte 
2 	Felicidad 
3 	Passages 
4 	Gaudi 
5 	No Neck Louie 
6 	Free Spirit
7 	Little Charmer
8 	Stella by Starlight

Frank Gambale 	- Guitar
Zbigniew Jakubek - Keyboards
Marcin Pospieszalski - Bass
Krzysztof Zawadzki  - Drums

Another exciting live album from Gambale on Wombat Records recorded during the Passages/Thinking Out Loud period in Poland in 1996 with a strong Polish group. Gambale's playing is amazing as always. Particularly noteworthy is his rendition of the standard Stella By Starlight, the album’s bonus track. ---frankgambale.com

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01. Bondi Beach
02. Nunzio’s Near
03. Gaudi
04. Lunar Rotation
05. Felicidad
06. Kaanapali
07. Free Spirit
08. Crusing Altitude
09. Obrigado Fukuoka
10. Magritte
11. The Tardis
12. Lazy Passion

Part of a three-album retrospective, Best of Frank Gambale: The Smooth Jazz Side collects a nice cross section of guitarist Gambale's instrumental jazz and rock tracks over a 15-year period starting in the late '80s. Gambale has always been a master technician on the fretboard, easily crossing between smooth jazz, instrumental pop, contemporary folk, and metal-tinged rock. Here he delves into the lighter smooth jazz side of his playing with the confidence that comes from being a virtuoso. For fans of highly technical, superbly crafted instrumental music that mixes pop and jazz sounds, The Smooth Jazz Side will hold much to offer and is a solid introduction to Gambale's work. ---Matt Collar, Rovi

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1. Credit reference blues
2. Fe fi fo funk
3. Spending sunday with you
4. A touch of Brazil
5. Spike´s song
6. The natives are restless

Personnel
Frank Gambale: guitar
Kei Akagi: keyboard
Steve Tavaglione: sax
Steve Kershisnik: bass
Joe Heredia: drums

Frank Gambale is best-known for his fiery work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band. He was a student at the Guitar Institute of Technology while in his early twenties, wrote instructional books, and during 1983-1986, was on the school's faculty. He joined Corea in 1986, has also performed with Steve Smith's Vital Information, and has been a leader on his own rock-oriented dates for JVC. A collaboration with bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Steve Smith was another fruitful venture for Gambale, spawning several discs between the three that became increasingly ambitious as time went by. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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1. 	"Little Charmer"   	5:38
2. 	"6.8 Shaker"   	5:52
3. 	"Passages"   	6:23
4. 	"White Room" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) 	4:05
5. 	"D-Day"   	4:03
6. 	"Nunzio's Near"   	5:19
7. 	"Free Spirit"   	5:07
8. 	"One with Everything"   	9:14
9. 	"Roxana"   	5:10
10. 	"Uluru"   	5:57
11. 	"Another Alternative"   	8:11

* Frank Gambale – guitar, vocals, production
* Otmaro Ruíz – synthesizer, Hammond organ
* Walfredo Reyes, Jr. – drums, percussion
* Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar, fretless bass
* Brandon Fields – saxophone
* Akira Taguchi – executive production

Despite the disappointing attempt at contemporary jazz on Note Worker, guitarist Frank Gambale proved on Passages that he doesn't give up easily. His reputation as a supreme technician had long been established during his years with Chick Corea and on his early solo releases, but Gambale had also been nurturing an identifiable group sound as well (regardless of the personnel). Unfortunately, his penchant for composition and arranging does not contain the same inspiration that his guitar playing does. Most of the selections lack imagination and creativity, and are simply vehicles for mind-blowing Gambale solos. This prevents him from achieving the same type of commercial success experienced by the likes of Pat Metheny or George Benson. The music here is livelier than on Note Worker, partly attributable to the presence of keyboard whiz Otmaro Ruiz and a cleaner guitar tone, but ends up being too inconsistent to have much of an impact for the fusion fanatics or contemporary jazz aficionados. Gambale would give this formula one more shot on Thinking Out Loud, but would eventually find his niche playing high-powered fusion with the genre's top players. Of note, the Japanese release contains a cover of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale." ---Robert Taylor, Rovi

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