# 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.

## Track listing

| # | 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

* 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

* 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

* 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