Sky Islands (album)

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]

Sky Islands
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 1977 (1977-04-28)
1993 (1993) (re-release)
RecordedDecember 1976 – January 1977
StudioHollywood Sound
GenreJazz-funk[1]
Length38:42
LabelCapitol
ProducerEduardo del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Jorge Strunz and Larkin Arnold
Caldera chronology
Caldera
(1976)
Sky Islands
(1977)
Time and Chance
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]

Covers

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sky Islands"Larry Dunn6:07
2."Ancient Source"Eduardo del Barrio, Ernesto J.Herrera4:30
3."It Used to Be"Eduardo del Barrio1:12
4."Pegasus"Eduardo del Barrio, Jorge Strunz4:56
5."Carnavalito"Eduardo del Barrio4:51
6."Seraphim (Angel)"Larry Dunn4:46
7."Indigo Fire"Jorge Strunz1:06
8."Triste"George del Barrio6:50
9."Pescador (Fisherman)"Mike Azevedo1:04

[4]

Personnel

  • 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

  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Caldera: Sky Islands". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  3. Baekgaard, Jakob (May 25, 2019). "Caldera: Caldera / Sky Islands". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
  4. Caldera: Sky Islands. Capitol Records. 1977.
  5. "Top 40 Jazz Albums". archive.org. Vol. 39, no. 35. Cashbox. January 28, 1978. p. 43.
  6. "Caldera: Sky Islands". secondhandsongs.com.
  7. "Under a Spanish Moon Review by Richard S. Ginell". allmusic.com.



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