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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

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| 1 || La Novena || Reyes, Mestas, Naranjo || 4:20
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| 2 || Oblación || Flores (bar) || 4:46
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| 3 || La Canción de Livi || Mendoza, Carucí, Livinalli || 8:30
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| 4 || Un Calipso para Isidora || Mestas || 4:59
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| 5 ||Keechimbah || Flores (alt), Reyes (ten) || 5:12
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| 6 || Desesperanza/Sueños || Contramaestre, Velásquez, Ortiz, Naranjo || 8:35
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| 7 || Mood Indigo || Contramaestre, Mestas || 5:50
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| 8 || Blues and the Abstract Truth || Flores (alt), Velásquez, Reyes (ten), Mestas || 4:48
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| 9 || Al Sur del Lago || Reyes (ten) || 6:05
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| 10 || The Freak || Flores (alt), Mestas || 7:52
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| 11 || Rancho Central || Flores (alt/bar) || 4:23
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| 12 || María || || 5:00
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| || a]-Fughetta || Fusión IV (a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

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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
  Mood Indigo
  "Mood Indigo" is a jazz composition and song, with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills.-Disputed authorship:In a 1987 interview, Mitchell Parish claimed to have written the lyrics:...
  
  , composed by Duke Ellington
  Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
  
  , Irving Mills
  Irving Mills
  Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
  
  and Barney Bigard
  Barney Bigard
  Albany Leon Bigard, aka Barney Bigard, was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet....
  
  and
  arranged by Naranjo; Johnny Hodges
  Johnny Hodges
  John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges was an American alto saxophonist, best known for his solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years, except the period between 1932–1946 when Otto Hardwick generally played first chair...
  
  ' original solo orchestrated by Naranjo
- Blues and the Abstract Truth, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson
  Oliver Nelson
  Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer.-Early life and career:...
  
  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
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, 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

External links

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