Skylight (Art Lande album)

Skylight
Skylight
Studio album by Art Lande / Dave Samuels / Paul McCandless
Released	1981
Recorded	May 1981
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer; Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:27
Label	ECM; ECM 1208
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Art Lande chronology

Skylight is an album by American jazz pianist Art Lande, recorded in 1981 and released on ECM later that year. The trio features vibraphonist Dave Samuels and saxophonist Paul McCandless.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[7]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called Skylight "another charming record ... unaffectedly sweet."^[7]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[5]

In New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music (1987), music critic John Schaefer wrote: "Piano, vibes, and reeds; a colorful ensemble, and a well-made record."^[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Art Lande, except as noted.

Side I
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Skylight"	Samuels	8:05
2.	"Dance of the Silver Skeezix"		6:30
3.	"Duck in a Colorful Blanket"	Lande Samuels McCandless	1:28
4.	"Chillum"	McCandless	5:14

Side II
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Moist Windows/Lawn Party"		8:01
2.	"Ente"	Lande Samuels McCandless	2:00
3.	"Willow"	McCandless	9:09

Personnel

Art Lande – piano, percussion
Paul McCandless – soprano saxophone, English horn, oboe, bass clarinet, wood flute
Dave Samuels – vibraharp, marimba, percussion

References

^ "Skylight". ECM Records. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ ECM discography accessed September 19, 2011
^ "Art Lande: Skylight". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ "ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series". JazzDisco. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2011
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 240.
^ ^a ^b The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Ninth ed.). Penguin Books. 2008. p. 863.
^ Schaefer, John (1987). New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music. Harper & Row. p. 209.

[1] "Skylight". ECM Records. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[ECM_discography-2] ECM discography accessed September 19, 2011

[3] "Art Lande: Skylight". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

[4] "ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series". JazzDisco. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

[Allmusic-5] Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2011

[CL-6] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 240.

[P-7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Ninth ed.). Penguin Books. 2008. p. 863.

[8] Schaefer, John (1987). New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music. Harper & Row. p. 209.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Red Lanta (with Jan Garbarek, 1973) Rubisa Patrol (1976) Desert Marauders (1977) Shift in the Wind (1980) Skylight (with Dave Samuels and Paul McCandless, 1981) We Begin (with Mark Isham, 1987)