Frank Gambale, Maurizio Colonna

The Profile

Collaboration between Australian jazz-fusion guitarist Frank Gambale and Italian classical guitarist Maurizio Colonna, known for high-level interplay across classical, acoustic, and electric guitars. Their work includes the live recording at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin.

Frank Gambale is an Australian jazz-fusion guitarist (noted for work with Chick Corea Elektric Band). Maurizio Colonna is an Italian classical guitarist and composer. Together they perform duo repertoire blending classical and jazz approaches, including the album Colonna & Gambale Live.

A single, glowing review hails the Colonna & Gambale Live performance for immaculate execution and inventive interplay. The duo’s classical, acoustic, and electric textures avoid monotony and reveal vast sonic variety. Recorded at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin, every silence and change is praised as perfectly placed. The piece emphasizes perfection born from two complementary, inimitable artists.