Oblación Explained
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 |
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| 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 |
| | Fusión IV (a cappella) | |
| | Contramaestre; Livinalli, Quintero |
| | Total time | 71:17 |
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- 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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