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Oblación is a 1994 album by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo.
Personnel
- Alberto Naranjo – arrangements, direction, drums, percussion
- Víctor Mestas – acoustic piano
- Gustavo Carucí – electric bass
- Julio Flores – soprano, alto and baritone saxophones
- Rodolfo Reyes – alto and tenor saxophones, flute
- Oscar Mendoza – trombone
- Alexander Livinalli – percussion
- Vladimir Quintero – percussion
Special guests
- Rafael Velásquez (trumpet on 4, 6, 8)
- José Ortiz (piano on 6)
- Huguette Contramaestre (lead vocalist on 6, 7, 12)
- Fusión IV: Ilba Rojas, Adriana Portales, Kodiak Agüero and José Mena (vocal group on 12)
Track listing
| # |
Song |
Solo(s) |
Time
|
| 1 |
La Novena |
Reyes, Mestas, Naranjo |
4:20
|
| 2 |
Oblación |
Flores (bar) |
4:46
|
| 3 |
La Canción de Livi |
Mendoza, Carucí, Livinalli |
8:30
|
| 4 |
Un Calipso para Isidora |
Mestas |
4:59
|
| 5 |
Keechimbah |
Flores (alt), Reyes (ten) |
5:12
|
| 6 |
Desesperanza/Sueños |
Contramaestre, Velásquez, Ortiz, Naranjo |
8:35
|
| 7 |
Mood Indigo |
Contramaestre, Mestas |
5:50
|
| 8 |
Blues and the Abstract Truth |
Flores (alt), Velásquez, Reyes (ten), Mestas |
4:48
|
| 9 |
Al Sur del Lago |
Reyes (ten) |
6:05
|
| 10 |
The Freak |
Flores (alt), Mestas |
7:52
|
| 11 |
Rancho Central |
Flores (alt/bar) |
4:23
|
| 12 |
María |
|
5:00
|
|
a]-Fughetta |
Fusión IV (a cappella) |
|
|
|
b]-Traditional chant |
Contramaestre; Livinalli, Quintero |
|
|
|
Total time |
71:17
|
- All songs composed and arranged by Alberto Naranjo, except:
- Desesperanza, composed by María Luisa Escobar and arranged by Naranjo
- Mood Indigo, composed by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Barney Bigard and
arranged by Naranjo; Johnny Hodges' original solo orchestrated by Naranjo
- Blues and the Abstract Truth, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson and
orchestrated by Naranjo
- María (a), composed by Leonardo Silva Beauregard and orchestrated by Naranjo
Other credits
- Recorded and mixed by Agustín [Augie] Verde at Estudios Intersonido in Caracas, Venezuela
- Date of recording: August 1994
- Musical producer: Alberto Naranjo
- Executive producers: Roberto Obeso and Federico Pacanins
- Graphic design/Illustrations: Luisa F. Almeida/Ernesto León
- Cover photo: Luis Salmerón
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