Sky Islands is the second album by Jazz fusion group Caldera released in 1977 on Capitol Records. The album rose to No. 18 on the Cashbox Top 40 Jazz Albums chart. 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. 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. Track listing 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 1977 albums 1993 albums Albums with cover art by Shusei Nagaoka Capitol Records albums Caldera (band) albums Jazz-funk albums Reissue albums