Sky Islands (album)
| Sky Islands | ||||
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| Released | April 28, 1977 1993 (re-release) | |||
| Recorded | December 1976 – January 1977 | |||
| Studio | Hollywood Sound | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 38:42 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Eduardo del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Jorge Strunz and Larkin Arnold | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| All About Jazz | [3] |
Sky Islands is the second album by Jazz fusion group Caldera released in 1977 on Capitol Records.[4] The album rose to No. 18 on the Cashbox Top 40 Jazz Albums chart.[5]
Covers[edit]
The album's title track was covered by Dianne Reeves on her 1987 self titled album and Ramsey Lewis on his 1993 LP Sky Islands.[6]
A version of "Ancient Source" resulted from the collaboration between Herb Alpert and Caldera keyboardist Eddie del Barrio and appeared on Alpert's 1988 release Under a Spanish Moon.[7]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sky Islands" | Larry Dunn | 6:07 |
| 2. | "Ancient Source" | Eduardo del Barrio, Ernesto J.Herrera | 4:30 |
| 3. | "It Used to Be" | Eduardo del Barrio | 1:12 |
| 4. | "Pegasus" | Eduardo del Barrio, Jorge Strunz | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Carnavalito" | Eduardo del Barrio | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Seraphim (Angel)" | Larry Dunn | 4:46 |
| 7. | "Indigo Fire" | Jorge Strunz | 1:06 |
| 8. | "Triste" | George del Barrio | 6:50 |
| 9. | "Pescador (Fisherman)" | Mike Azevedo | 1:04 |
Personnel[edit]
- Jorge Strunz — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion
- Eduardo del Barrio — acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, Moog, Roland, Oberheim Polyphonic
- Steve Tavaglione — flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Mike Azeredo — congas, percussion
- Carlos Vega — drums
- Dean Cortez — electric bass
- Hector Andrade — timbales, congas, percussion
- Ernesto Herrera - lyricist.
Guests[edit]
- Larry Dunn — synthesizer (solo on track 2)
- Roberto da Silva — percussion
- Dianne Reeves — vocals (tracks 1 and 2)
- Chester Thompson — drums (track 4 only)
- Ralph Humphrey — drums (track 1 only)
- Ralph Rickert — flugelhorn (track 8 only)
- Ray Armando — percussion
- Steve Barrio, Jr. — percussion
- Paul Shure — violin
- Bonnie Douglas — violin
- Harry Bluestone — violin
- Marshall Sosson — violin
- Nathan Ross — violin
- Antol Kaminsky — violin
- Jack Pepper — violin
- Irma Neumann — violin
- Janet Lakatos — viola
- Louis Kievman — viola
- Fredrick Seykora — cello
- Selene Hurford – cello
- Shusei Nagaoka – cover art[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Caldera: Sky Islands". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- ^ Baekgaard, Jakob (May 25, 2019). "Caldera: Caldera / Sky Islands". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
- ^ a b c Caldera: Sky Islands. Capitol Records. 1977.
- ^ "Top 40 Jazz Albums". archive.org. Vol. 39, no. 35. Cashbox. January 28, 1978. p. 43.
- ^ "Caldera: Sky Islands". secondhandsongs.com.
- ^ "Under a Spanish Moon Review by Richard S. Ginell". allmusic.com.
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