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Alberto Naranjo
Alberto Naranjo Y Su Trabuco - Imagen Latina
Album VE 1992 on Leon label
Jazz, Latin, Folk, World and (Salsa, Mambo, Latin Jazz, Danzón, Folk, Bolero)
Imagen Latina is an album by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1992 and reedited twice in 2002 and 2008. It is the seventh album (fifth studio album) of El Trabuco Venezolano musical project arranged and directed by Naranjo. Trabuco is a Spanish term used in Venezuelan baseball slang to describe an All-Star selection of players. So, El Trabuco Venezolano means "The Venezuelan All-Star Band", in the best sense of the phrase. Naranjo (Caracas, 1941) is one of Venezuela's icons of contemporary music, establishing his prestige as an arranger, conductor, composer and drummer. In 1992 Naranjo produced Imagen Latina. Soloists with an already established career in Venezuela participated in this project; renowned salseros as Canelita Medina, Carlos Espósito, Vladimir Lozano, Trina Medina, Carlos Daniel Palacios and Mauricio Silva; noted folklorists as Simón Díaz, Cecilia Todd and the group Serenata Guayanesa, and also counted with the collaboration of poet Jesús Rosas Marcano, musician Benjamín Brea, pop singer María Rivas, jazz pianist Otmaro Ruiz, and the polifacetic Aldemaro Romero. Most salsa bands are a tightly wound unit that developed their music through years of playing in clubs around their hometown. El Trabuco Venezolano never subscribed to that aesthetic. As the vehicle for the arrangements of Naranjo, his Trabuco defied all salsa conventions in the 1970s. The eclectic body of Naranjo's work shows some debt to Billo Frómeta, Tito Puente and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, preferring traditional guaracha, jazz, bolero, mambo and Venezuelan genres, creating a sophisticated and distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, as well as a special devotion to the recording studio. This record was never released outside of Venezuela, and after ten years of relative obscurity, the company Merusa Records of Netherlands introduced it at the international level.
Musicians
 | Alberto Naranjo dr, tim, *1941 VE arranged by, drums, music director, chorus, timbales, album by, composed by |
 | Irvis Méndez bass |
 | José Velásquez b, cb, bass |
 | Chu Quintero perc, bgo, bongos |
| Franklin Rojas bongos |
 | Gerardo Rosales bgo, cng, *1964 bongos, congas, percussion |
| Bogdan Trochanowski cello |
 | Felipe "Mandingo" Rengifo cng, b, *1953 DE congas |
 | Francisco Rojas tim, perc, congas, percussion, timbales |
 | Pedro Vilela g, electric guitar, tres |
 | Gustavo Aranguren tr, flugelhorn, trumpet |
 | Rafael Rey tr, flugelhorn, trumpet |
 | Serenata Guayanesa voc, *1971 VE harmony vocals |
| Alba Quintanilla harp |
 | Canelita Medina voc, bvoc, lead vocals |
 | Carlos Daniel Palacios voc, lead vocals |
 | Carlos Spósito voc, lead vocals, composed by |
 | Cecilia Todd voc, lead vocals |
 | Huguette Contramaestre bvoc, lead vocals |
 | Maria Rivas voc, bvoc, US lead vocals |
 | Mauricio Silva tb, lead vocals, composed by |
 | Simon Diaz voc, 1928-2014 VE lead vocals, composed by |
 | Trina Medina voc, lead vocals, composed by |
 | Wladimir voc, lead vocals |
 | Saúl Vera , *1959 mandolin, soloist |
| Carlos J. Ramírez percussion |
 | Alberto Lazo p, key, piano |
 | Lucio Caminiti key, piano |
 | Aldemaro Romero p, 1928-2007 VE piano, soloist, composed by |
 | Otmaro Ruiz p, key, piano, soloist |
 | Manuel Freire sax, fl, *1942 PT soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, clarinet |
 | Benjamín Brea sax, fl, soprano saxophone, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone |
 | Cesar Pérez tb, DE trombone |
| Alberto Vergara vibraphone, vibraphone, soloist |
 | Francisco Molo str, vl, PY viola |
 | José Olmedo vl, vn, str, viola |
 | Alberto Flamini vn, violin |
 | Alejandro Ramírez str, vn, violin |
| Bogdan Biegniewski violin |
 | Boris Jivkov vn, violin |
 | Carmelo Russo vn, str, violin |
 | Grigorije Girovsky vn, violin |
 | Inocente Carreño vn, str, violin |
 | Sigfrido Chiva vn, str, violin |
 | Federico Britos vn, violin, soloist |
Producers
| Freddy Leon co-producer |
| Orlando Montiel co-producer |
| Mariela León executive producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Fin Juntas | Alberto Naranjo | Alberto Naranjo, Jesus Rosas Marcano | 6:22 |
| 2 | Te Amo | Alberto Naranjo | Mauricio Silva | 5:07 |
| 3 | El Chivo | Alberto Naranjo | Balbino García | 4:50 |
| 4 | Calipso de El Callao | Alberto Naranjo | Sociedad Amigos Calipso Del Callao | |
| 5 | El Corazón del Caribe | Alberto Naranjo | Trina Medina | 3:25 |
| 6 | Se Baila Así | Alberto Naranjo | Manolo Del Valle | 4:36 |
| 7 | Sin Tu Mirada | Alberto Naranjo | Rafael Salazar | |
| 8 | Hace Rato | Alberto Naranjo | Ricardo Hernandez | 4:09 |
| 9 | Qué Vale Más | Alberto Naranjo | Simon Diaz | 4:12 |
| 10 | Señor Tiempo | Alberto Naranjo | Alberto Borregales, Carlos Spósito, Justo Vega | 5:42 |
| 11 | Amor De Alquiler | Alberto Naranjo | Alberto Naranjo, Jesus Rosas Marcano | 6:12 |
| 12 | Boleros Venezolanos | Alberto Naranjo | Aldemaro Romero, Anibal Abreu, Carlos José Maytin | 7:00 |
| 13 | Sin Mañana Ni Ayer | Alberto Naranjo | Alberto Naranjo, Jesus Rosas Marcano | 5:07 |
| 14 | Alna's Mambo | Alberto Naranjo | Alberto Naranjo | 7:08 |
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