El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. II

El Trabuco Venezolano – Vol. II is a vinyl LP by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1979 and partially reedited in two CD albums titled El Trabuco Venezolano 1977 – 1984 Vol. 1 (1994) and Vol. 2 (1995). It is the second of seven albums (two live albums) of the El Trabuco Venezolano musical project arranged and directed by Naranjo.

El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. II
Studio album by
Released1979
Recorded1979
GenreJazz band, Latin American music
Length44:21
LabelYVKCT con músiC.A.
ProducerOrlando Montiel
El Trabuco Venezolano chronology
El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. I El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. II El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. III

Track listing edit

 # Song Composer(s) Vocal(s) Solo(s) Time
  Introducción Alberto Naranjo Sonero Clásico Chocolate Armenteros, Carlos Guerra   1:07
A1 Imágenes Latinas Bernardo Palombo
Andy González
Palacios Hernández
J. Velázquez
Rengifo
  8:23
A2 Mi versión Sylvia Rexach Rodríguez Briceño   4:23
A3 Don Simón Víctor Gutiérrez Daubeterre Silva (tub)   6:43
B4 Boleros Venezolanos Vladimir Lozano   6:58
  a Soñando despierto Aníbal Abreu
  b Me queda el consuelo Aldemaro Romero Freire (ten)
  c No volveré a encontrarte Carlos J. Maytín Caminiti (ac. p)
B5 Tiene Saoco Ricardo Quintero R. Quintero R. Velázquez (tr)   4:31
B6 El Cumaco de San Juan Francisco D. Pacheco Ruiz Briceño, Quintero
on Interlude
Naranjo (dr)
on Coda
  7:14
Total time 44:21

Personnel edit

  • Alberto Naranjo – drums, arranger, director on all tracks;
    tympani on 1, Colombian percussion on 3
  • Eduardo Cabrera – acoustic piano on 1
  • Lucio Caminiti – piano on 2 (electric), 4 (acoustic)
  • José Ortiz – acoustic piano on 3, 5, 6
  • José Velásquez – bass guitar on 1, 2, 4, 5
  • Carlos Acosta bass guitar on 3
  • Lorenzo Barriendos bass guitar on 6
  • Frank Hernández – timbales on 1, 5, 6
  • Felipe Rengifo – congas on all tracks
  • Jesús Quintero – bongos on all tracks
  • Luis Arias – trumpet (lead) on all tracks except on 4 and 5
  • José Díaz F. – trumpet on 1, flugel horn on 2, 3, 6
  • Alfredo Gil – trumpet on 1, 3, lead on 5, flugel on 2
  • Luis Lewis Vargas – trumpet on 1, 5, 6
  • Rafael Velázquez – trumpet on 2, 5, flugel on 3
  • Manolo Pérez – trumpet on 6
  • Rodrigo Barboza – trombone on 1, 2, 3, 6
  • Leopoldo Escalante – trombone on 1, 5, 6
  • Rafael Silva – trombone on 2, 5; Wagner tuba on 3
  • Héctor Hurtado – trombone on 1
  • José Plaza – trombone on 2, 3
  • Angelo Pagliuca – trombone on 5, 6
  • Carlos Daniel Palacios – lead singer on 1 and chorus
  • Carlín Rodríguez – lead singer on 2 and chorus
  • Moisés Daubeterre – lead singer on 3 and chorus
  • Ricardo Quintero – lead singer on 5 and chorus
  • Joe Ruiz – lead singer on 6 and chorus

Guest musicians edit

  • Sonero Clásico del Caribe on Introduction
    • Pedro Aranda – acoustic guitar
      José Castro – bass
      Carlos Landaeta – clave
      Evaristo León – bongos
      Johnny Pérez – maracas
      José R. Soto – 1st voice
      Santiago Tovar – 2nd voice and Cuban tres
      Carlos Guerra (Sr) - trumpet
  • Alfredo (Chocolate) Armenteros – trumpet on Introduction
  • Rolando Briceño – tenor sax on 2, 3, 6
  • Leo Quintero – guitar on 2 (acoustic), 6 (electric)
  • Cruz M. Arraiz – baritone sax on 3, 6
  • Alvaro Serrano – Colombian percussion on 3
  • Ezequiel Serrano – Colombian percussion on 3
  • Rosalba Chiquiar – female choir on 3
  • Otilia Rodríguez – female choir on 3
  • Vladimir Lozano – lead vocalist on 4
  • Manuel Freire – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes;
    C flute, G flute, clarinet and bass clarinet (all dubbed) on 4
  • Strings section on 4
    • Violins: Alberto Flamini (concertmaster), Carmelo Russo, Sigfrido Chiva, Grigorije Girovski,
      Bogdan Biegniewski, Inocente Carreño, Sigfrido Chiva, Boris Jivkov, Alejandro Ramírez
    • Violas: Francisco Molo, José Olmedo
    • Cellos: Lauren Levenson, Bodgan Trochanowski
    • Harp: Alba Quintanilla

Technical personnel edit

  • Artistic director: Domingo Alvarez
  • Associate producer: César Miguel Rondón
  • Executive producer: Orlando Montiel
  • Musical director: Alberto Naranjo
  • Staff coordinator: Freddy Sanz
  • Cover design: Alvaro Sotillo
  • Photos: Fernando Sánchez
  • Label:YVKCT con músiC.A. YVL-005
  • Print: Editorial Arte
  • Place of Recording: Estudios Sono Dos Mil
  • Recording engineer: Ricardo Landaeta – Alejandro Cornejo (assistant)
  • Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk, New York)
  • Produced in Caracas, Venezuela, 1979

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