Sky Islands (Caldera album)

Sky Islands
Sky Islands
Studio album by Caldera
Released	April 28, 1977; 1993 (re-release)
Recorded	December 1976 – January 1977
Studio	Hollywood Sound
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	38:42
Label	Capitol
Producer	Eduardo del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Jorge Strunz and Larkin Arnold
Caldera chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

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.	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

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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

^ 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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[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.

[Album-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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