El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. II

El Trabuco Venezolano – Vol. II is a vinyl LP by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1979 and partially reedited in two CD albums titled El Trabuco Venezolano 1977 – 1984 Vol. 1 (1994) and Vol. 2 (1995). It is the second of seven albums (two live albums) of the El Trabuco Venezolano musical project arranged and directed by Naranjo.

Personnel

 * Alberto Naranjo – drums, arranger, director on all tracks; tympani on 1, Colombian percussion on 3
 * Eduardo Cabrera – acoustic piano on 1
 * Lucio Caminiti – piano on 2 (electric), 4 (acoustic)
 * José Ortiz – acoustic piano on 3, 5, 6
 * José Velásquez – bass guitar on 1, 2, 4, 5
 * Carlos Acosta bass guitar on 3
 * Lorenzo Barriendos bass guitar on 6
 * Frank Hernández – timbales on 1, 5, 6
 * Felipe Rengifo – congas on all tracks
 * Jesús Quintero – bongos on all tracks
 * Luis Arias – trumpet (lead) on all tracks except on 4 and 5
 * José Díaz F. – trumpet on 1, flugel horn on 2, 3, 6
 * Alfredo Gil – trumpet on 1, 3, lead on 5, flugel on 2
 * Luis Lewis Vargas – trumpet on 1, 5, 6
 * Rafael Velázquez – trumpet on 2, 5, flugel on 3
 * Manolo Pérez – trumpet on 6
 * Rodrigo Barboza – trombone on 1, 2, 3, 6
 * Leopoldo Escalante – trombone on 1, 5, 6
 * Rafael Silva – trombone on 2, 5; Wagner tuba on 3
 * Héctor Hurtado – trombone on 1
 * José Plaza – trombone on 2, 3
 * Angelo Pagliuca – trombone on 5, 6
 * Carlos Daniel Palacios – lead singer on 1 and chorus
 * Carlín Rodríguez – lead singer on 2 and chorus
 * Moisés Daubeterre – lead singer on 3 and chorus
 * Ricardo Quintero – lead singer on 5 and chorus
 * Joe Ruiz – lead singer on 6 and chorus

Guest musicians

 * Sonero Clásico del Caribe on Introduction
 * Pedro Aranda – acoustic guitar José Castro – bass Carlos Landaeta – clave Evaristo León – bongos Johnny Pérez – maracas José R. Soto – 1st voice Santiago Tovar – 2nd voice and Cuban tres Carlos Guerra (Sr) - trumpet
 * Alfredo (Chocolate) Armenteros – trumpet on Introduction
 * Rolando Briceño – tenor sax on 2, 3, 6
 * Leo Quintero – guitar on 2 (acoustic), 6 (electric)
 * Cruz M. Arraiz – baritone sax on 3, 6
 * Alvaro Serrano – Colombian percussion on 3
 * Ezequiel Serrano – Colombian percussion on 3
 * Rosalba Chiquiar – female choir on 3
 * Otilia Rodríguez – female choir on 3
 * Vladimir Lozano – lead vocalist on 4
 * Manuel Freire – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes; C flute, G flute, clarinet and bass clarinet (all dubbed) on 4
 * Strings section on 4
 * Violins: Alberto Flamini (concertmaster), Carmelo Russo, Sigfrido Chiva, Grigorije Girovski, Bogdan Biegniewski, Inocente Carreño, Sigfrido Chiva, Boris Jivkov, Alejandro Ramírez
 * Violas: Francisco Molo, José Olmedo
 * Cellos: Lauren Levenson, Bodgan Trochanowski
 * Harp: Alba Quintanilla

Technical personnel

 * Artistic director: Domingo Alvarez
 * Associate producer: César Miguel Rondón
 * Executive producer: Orlando Montiel
 * Musical director: Alberto Naranjo
 * Staff coordinator: Freddy Sanz
 * Cover design: Alvaro Sotillo
 * Photos: Fernando Sánchez
 * Label:YVKCT con músiC.A. YVL-005
 * Print: Editorial Arte
 * Place of Recording: Estudios Sono Dos Mil
 * Recording engineer: Ricardo Landaeta – Alejandro Cornejo (assistant)
 * Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk, New York)
 * Produced in Caracas, Venezuela, 1979