El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. III

El Trabuco Venezolano - Vol. III is a vinyl LP by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1981 and partially rereleased in two CD albums titled El Trabuco Venezolano 1977 - 1984 Vol. 1 (1994) and Vol. 2 (1995). It is the third 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; timbales on 4, 5, 6
 * Samuel del Real - piano on all tracks
 * Lorenzo Barriendos - bass guitar on all tracks, except on 2
 * José Velázquez - bass guitar on 2
 * Frank Hernández - timbales on 3
 * Felipe Rengifo - congas; Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2; Batá drum (Iyá) on 5
 * Jesús Quintero - bongos on 4, 6; Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2
 * Luisito Quintero - bongos on 1, 3, 5; Batá drum (Okónkolo) on 5
 * Carlos Quintero - Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2
 * Manuel Urbina - Bata drums (Itótele) on 5
 * Luis Arias - trumpet on all tracks, except on 1, 6
 * Gustavo Aranguren - trumpet on all tracks, except on 1; flugel horn on 7
 * José Díaz F. - trumpet on 2, 4, 5, 8; flugel horn on 7
 * Luis Lewis Vargas - trumpet on 2, 4, 5, 8; flugel horn on 7
 * Pablo Armitano - trumpet on 3, 8; flugel horn on 7
 * Elías Guerra - trumpet on 3, 5, 8
 * Rafael Silva - trombone on all tracks, except on 1, 8
 * Leopoldo Escalante - trombone on 2, 4
 * Carlos Espinoza - trombone on 2
 * Onésimo García - trombone on 3, 4, 5, 7
 * Mauricio Silva - trombone on 3, 5, 7, 8
 * Alejandro Pérez Palma - trombone on 6, 8
 * Oscar Mendoza - bass trombone on 8
 * Carlos Daniel Palacios - lead singer on 4, 5 and chorus
 * Moisés Daubeterre - lead singer on 3, 7 and chorus
 * Carlos Espósito - lead singer on 6 and chorus
 * Joe Ruiz - lead singer on 2 and chorus

Guest musicians

 * Cecilia Todd - lead singer on 1
 * Grecia Garrett - vocals on 7
 * Carolina Landaeta - vocals on 7
 * Rosalía Quintero - vocals on 7
 * Grupo Guaco on 8; Gustavo Aguado - lead singer
 * Angel Melo - Venezuelan cuatro on 1, 2
 * Gerardo Alonzo - trumpet on 6
 * Carlos de León - trumpet on 6
 * César Monge - trombone on 6
 * Carlos Guerra (Jr) - trombone on 6

Technical personnel

 * Executive producer: Orlando Montiel
 * Musical director and associate producer: Alberto Naranjo
 * Staff coordinator: Freddy Sanz
 * Cover design: Santiago Pol and Orlando Montiel, realized by Vibra-Crom C. A.
 * Photos: Filippo Billoti (cover), Oscar Booy, César Salazar, Fernando Sánchez
 * Label: YVKCT con músiC.A. in association with Integra C. A. YVLP-013
 * Print: Gastello
 * Place of Recording: Estudios Sono Dos Mil
 * Recording engineer: Ricardo Landaeta - Ignacio Rojas (assistant)
 * Produced in Caracas, Venezuela, 1981