Irakere &amp; Trabuco – En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15' 81Irakere &amp; Trabuco – En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15' 81 Irakere & Trabuco – En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15' 81 Irakere & Trabuco - En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15 '81 is a Vinyl-LP live album released in 1982. The Cuban band Irakere of Chucho Valdés and El Trabuco Venezolano led by Alberto Naranjo shared a stage three times – twice in Venezuela at the Poliedro de Caracas, in 1979 and 1981 (two concerts each year), and once at the Teatro Carlos Marx in Havana, Cuba in 1981. This recording shows the second of the two face-to-face historic encounters between Irakere and Trabuco that were held in Caracas on  May 14 and 15 of 1981. This time, the blend of Afro-Cuban and Western elements in the music of Irakere is smoother, more organic, with the jazz influence diminished in favor of contagious dance rhythms. In the opener, Irakere pays tribute to the legendary "tresista" Arsenio Rodríguez with his popular-song composition "El guayo de Catalina", which features a vocal performance by Oscar Valdés and a robust electric guitar solo from Carlos Emilio Morales. It is particularly interesting to hear "Tres días", composed by Chucho Valdés, at the time a huge success in Colombia, Puerto Rico and Venezuela through  Trabuco Venezolano's version sung by Carlos Daniel Palacios. In addition, Oscar Valdés is now joined by Palacios to share the vocal duties and Naranjo also collaborates on timbales. To close the set, Irakere looks backward with an invigorating rendition of "Los caramelos", created by Gregorio Battle and sung by Valdés, with solos by Jorge Varona on trumpet and Morales on guitar. The other side opens with "Formas libres", an instrumental theme created by Naranjo, where his Trabuco adopt a more radical view of music when dealing with complexity of expression, loosely based on free jazz experimentation and uncompromising ideas . The theme is composed of solos by Samuel del Real (piano), Gustavo Aranguren (trumpet) and Rafael Silva (trombone). But the band is at its most interesting when it stretches out, then comes "Imágenes latinas", a warm homage to Conjunto Libre and trombonist Barry Rogers. This song provides an emotional vocal showcase for Palacios, and is interspersed with long solos by Lorenzo Barriendos (bass), William Mora (bongos), José Navarro (timbales) and Felipe Rengifo (congas), with impeccable support from the brass section. The closing track on the album, "Tema", is a miniature instrumental that slows things down yet continues to maintain repeated  listenings. Irakere & Trabuco – En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15' 81 Irakere & Trabuco - En Vivo, Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15 '81 is a Vinyl-LP live album released in 1982. The Cuban band Irakere of Chucho Valdés and El Trabuco Venezolano led by Alberto Naranjo shared a stage three times – twice in Venezuela at the Poliedro de Caracas, in 1979 and 1981 (two concerts each year), and once at the Teatro Carlos Marx in Havana, Cuba in 1981. This recording shows the second of the two face-to-face historic encounters between Irakere and Trabuco that were held in Caracas