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 andarranged by Naranjo; Johnny Hodges' original solo orchestrated by Naranjo Blues and the Abstract Truth, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson andorchestrated 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
External links Barna-L'Ostia Latin Jazz.com Salsa 2-U.com Sincopa.com Top 100 Latin Jazz Recordings of All Time (#97)