The Great Explorers

The Great Explorers
Studio album by Frank Gambale
Released	1993 (1993)[1]
Recorded	Milagro Sound Recorders in Glendale, California; Silverlake Sound Studios in Los Angeles
Genre	Instrumental rock,[1][2][3] jazz fusion
Length	51:41
Label	Victor
Producer	Frank Gambale, Takashi Misu
Frank Gambale chronology
Note Worker (1991) The Great Explorers (1993) Passages (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The Great Explorers is the fifth studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1993 through Victor Entertainment and reissued on 24 April 2001 through Samson Records.[4][5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Frank Gambale, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Frankly Speaking"	5:33
2.	"The Final Frontier"	4:53
3.	"The Jaguar" (Gambale, Gary Hoey)	4:13
4.	"The Great Explorers"	5:48
5.	"Duet Tuet"	0:44
6.	"She Knows Me Well" (Gambale, Gary Hoey)	4:34
7.	"Thunder Current"	6:11
8.	"Pathfinder"	4:19
9.	"Dawn Over the Nullarbor"	4:43
10.	"Cruising Altitude"	4:45
11.	"Naughty Business"	5:58
Total length:		51:41

Personnel

• Frank Gambale – guitar, electric sitar, synthesizer melody (track 11), sequencing, drum programming (track 9), drums (track 10), bass (track 10), spoken vocals, mixing, production
• Freddie Ravel – keyboard, Hammond organ (track 3), synthesizer solo (track 11), piano
• Tom Coster – Hammond organ (tracks 2, 11)
• Jonathan Mover – drums (except track 10), cymbals (track 9)
• Stuart Hamm – bass (except track 10)
• Robert M. Biles – engineering, mixing (except tracks 2, 3, 6)
• Chris Wood – engineering assistance
• Darren Mora – engineering assistance
• Walter Spencer – engineering assistance
• Tony Cornejo – engineering assistance
• Kevin Davis – engineering assistance
• Micajah Ryan – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 6)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Takashi Misu – executive production

References

1. "The Great Explorers by Frank Gambale". CD Baby. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
2. "The Great Explorers". frankgambale.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
3. Henderson, Alex. "The Great Explorers - Frank Gambale". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
4. "Frank Gambale - Great Explorers CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
5. "Discography". frankgambale.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

External links

• In Review: Frank Gambale "The Great Explorers" at Guitar Nine Records