El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. IV is a studio vinyl LP by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1984 and partially reedited in two CDs titled El Trabuco Venezolano 1977 - 1984' Vol. 1 (1994) and Vol. 2 (1995). It is the sixth of seven albums (two live albums) of the El Trabuco Venezolano musical project arranged and directed by Naranjo. The “art” cover include an article, signed by Humberto Márquez, entitled La flor y nata (crème de la crème or creme of the crop), which is also used to refer to this LP.
El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. IV | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Jazz band, Latin American music | |||
Length | 41:45 | |||
Label | Jerm'z Records | |||
Producer | Orlando Montiel Alberto Naranjo | |||
El Trabuco Venezolano chronology | ||||
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Personnel
edit- Alberto Naranjo - drums, arranger, director on all tracks;
timbales (dubbed) on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 - Samuel del Real - piano on all tracks
- Lorenzo Barriendos - bass guitar on all tracks, except on 2
- José Velázquez - bass guitar on track 2
- José Navarro - timbales on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8
- Orlando Poleo - congas on all tracks, except on 2
- Felipe Rengifo - congas on track 2, quinto on track 8
- William Mora - bongos on all tracks, except on 2
- Jesús Quintero - bongos on track 2
- Gustavo Aranguren - trumpet or flugel horn in all tracks
(four parts, dubbed - flugels only on track 2) - Rafael Silva - trombone on all tracks
(three parts, dubbed - four parts on track 8) - Carlos Daniel Palacios - lead singer on tracks 1, 8 and chorus on 3, 7
- Ricardo Quintero - lead singer on track 2
- Joe Ruiz - lead singer on tracks 3, 7 and chorus on 7, 8
- Carlos Espósito - lead singer on track 5 and chorus on 3, 7, 8
Guests
edit- Pedro Vilela - Puerto Rican cuatro on track 1
- Víctor Jiménez - lead singer on track 6
- Los Cuñaos (directed by Alí Agüero) - chorus on all tracks, except on 4
- Manuel Freire - saxophone on track 4
(five parts: soprano, alto, 2 tenors, baritone; all dubbed) - Strings section on all tracks, except on 4
- Violins: Alberto Flamini (concertmaster), Carmelo Russo, Sigfrido Chiva, Grigorije Girovski,
Angel Gimeno, Luciano Stecconi, Giulio Remersaro, Nil Nicolau - Violas: José Olmedo, Osane Ibáñez
- Cellos: Bogdan Trochanowski, Mario Arias
- Violins: Alberto Flamini (concertmaster), Carmelo Russo, Sigfrido Chiva, Grigorije Girovski,
Track listing
edit# | Song | Composer(s) | Vocal(s) | Solo(s) | Time |
A1 | No me engañas | Pablo Cairo | C. D. Palacios | Vilela | 4:17 |
A2 | Rosa de la noche | Mariela Romero Angel Melo |
Ricardo Quintero | 6:34 | |
A3 | Brujería | Napoleón Baltodano | J. Ruiz | 4:54 | |
A4 | Alna Blues | Alberto Naranjo | Instrumental | Aranguren, Silva, Freire (ten), Navarro |
5:09 |
B5 | Desilusión | Juan Vicente Torrealba | C. Espósito | Del Real | 8:18 |
B6 | A pesar de usted | Chico Buarque | Víctor Jiménez | 3:56 | |
B7 | La orquesta de moda | José Navarro | J. Ruiz | Naranjo (dm) | 4:56 |
B8 | No quiero confusión | José Luis Cortés | C. D. Palacios | Rengifo | 4:56 |
Total time | 43:48 |
Other credits
edit- Artistic and executive producer: Orlando Montiel
- Musical director and associate producer: Alberto Naranjo
- Production manager: Rafael Rivas
- Staff coordinator: Freddy Sanz
- Photos: Mario Abate (cover) and Orlando Montiel (back)
- Texts: Humberto Márquez (cover) and Lil Rodríguez (back)
- Label: Jerm'z Records C. A. - LPJ/CJ-3222 (P)
- Place of Recording: Estudios Audio Suárez
- Recording and mixing engineers: Gustavo and Mario Quintero M. and Alberto Naranjo
- Produced in Caracas, Venezuela, 1984