Sky Islands (Caldera album) explained
Sky Islands is the second album by Jazz fusion group Caldera released in 1977 on Capitol Records.[2] The album rose to No. 18 on the Cashbox Top 40 Jazz Albums chart.[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.[4]
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.[5]
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
References
- Web site: BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ . Gorton . TJ . BeatCaffeine . July 30, 2018 . August 25, 2018 . September 18, 2021.
- Caldera: Sky Islands. 1977. Capitol Records.
- Top 40 Jazz Albums. 43. 35. 39. January 28, 1978. Cashbox. archive.org.
- Web site: Caldera: Sky Islands. secondhandsongs.com.
- Web site: Under a Spanish Moon Review by Richard S. Ginell. allmusic.com.