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Gerarld "Chipi" Chacón
Melodies For The Soul
Independent
Jazz
2014  (CD)

Tracks

00- Quintessence (Quincy Jones) 4:39
02- Over The Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg) 4:53
03- Solecitos (Gerardo Chacón) 7:03
04- I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson) 5:13
05- Yrina (Gerald "Chipi" Chacón) 6:29
06- I Remember Harrison & Lennon (Lennon/Harrison) 7:18
07- Always And Forever (Pat Metheny) 5:18
08- Virtualmente (Gonzalo Micó) 6:08
09- Nocturna (Gerardo Chacón) 6:50
10- Wing And A Prayer (Mike Stern) 5:53

Musicians

Trumpet & Flugelhorn: Gerarld "Chipi" Chacón

Acoustic Bass: Gerardo Chacón

Drums: Andrés Briceño

Piano: Olegario Díaz (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9)
               Gabriel Chakarji (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Guitar: Juan Angel Esquivel (tracks 3, 7, 10)

Tenor Sax: Bob Mintzer (tracks 5, 9)

Flute: Eric Chacón (track 8)

Orchestra:

Conductor: Andrés Ascanio Abreu

1st Violins: Eddy Marcano, Eddie Cordero, Oriana Suarez,
                Marian Gutierrez, Ollantay Velásquez, Douglas Isasi,
                Daniela Becerra & Natacha Rodenas

2nd Violins: Daniel Marín, Laura Osuna, Daniela Pinzón,
                Carlos Luis Perdomo, William López & Alirio Vegas

Violas: Samuel Jiménez, Carmelo Méndez, Joyce Blanco,
          Javier Mora & Otto Rodríguez

Cellos: Abner Padrino, Christopher Ibarra, Kenny Aponte,
           María Alejandra Figueroa, Viviana Kasa & Edgar Vivas

Acoustic Bass: Freddy Adrián & Jorge Leal
                                Oscar Luque (tracks 1, 2)

Oboe: Victor Morles (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)

Clarinets: Jesús Anton (tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
                      Carlos Escalona (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 10)

Fagot: Edgar Monrroy (tracks 4, 5, 7)
                Daniela García (tracks 3, 6, 9)

Flute: Eric Chacón (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10)
               José García (tracks 2, 4, 6)

French Horns: José José Jiménez (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
                               Daniel Graterol (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)

Harp: Xavier Perri (track 10)

Tuba: Leswi Pantoja (tracks 1, 2)

Vibraphone: Félix Mendoza (tracks 2, 3)

Timpani: Félix Mendoza (tracks 6, 7, 10)

Blogspiel: Félix Mendoza (tracks 5, 10)

Other Credits

Produced by Gerardo Chacón

Recorded, Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Carlos Mosquera

Piano, Bass & Drums Recorded at Rock & Folk Estudios (Caracas)

Orchestra Recorded at Sala Fedora Alemán (Caracas)

Trumpets Recorded at Liqui2 (Caracas)

Sax & Flugel by Dan Marnien & Eric Swanson
                   at East Pole Studio (Los Angeles, CA)

Graphic Design: Liu Prato

Photo: Edgar Monrroy, Aníbal Mestre & Nohely Oliveros