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{{Infobox album
| name         = Skylight
| type         = Album
| artist       = [[Art Lande]] / [[Dave Samuels]] / [[Paul McCandless]]
| cover        = Skylight (album).jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1981
| recorded     = May 1981
| studio       = Tonstudio Bauer<br>[[Ludwigsburg]], [[W. Germany]]
| genre        = [[Jazz]]
| length       = 40:27
| label        = [[ECM Records|ECM]]<br>ECM 1208<ref>{{cite web |title=Skylight |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750978 |website=ECM Records |accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref>
| producer     = [[Manfred Eicher]]
| chronology   = [[Art Lande]]
| prev_title   = The Story of Ba-Ku
| prev_year    = 1978
| next_title   = [[We Begin]]
| next_year    = 1987
}}
'''''Skylight''''' is an album by American jazz pianist [[Art Lande]], recorded in 1981 and released on [[ECM Records|ECM]] later that year. The trio features vibraphonist [[Dave Samuels]] and saxophonist [[Paul McCandless]].<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1208.php? ECM discography] accessed September 19, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/art-lande/skylight |title=Art Lande: Skylight |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/ecm-records/catalog-1200-series |title=ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series |website=JazzDisco |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=240}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="P">{{cite book |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |date=2008 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=863 |edition=Ninth}}</ref>
}}
The authors of ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' called ''Skylight'' "another charming record ... unaffectedly sweet."<ref name="P" />
The [[AllMusic]] review awarded the album 3 stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/skylight-r152235 Allmusic Review] accessed September 19, 2011</ref>
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."<ref>{{cite book |last=Schaefer |first=John |title=New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1987 |pages=209 }}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track
| all_writing = Art Lande, except as noted.
| headline = Side I
| title1 = Skylight
| length1 = 8:05
| writer1 = Samuels
| title2 = Dance of the Silver Skeezix
| length2 = 6:30
| title3 = Duck in a Colorful Blanket
| length3 = 1:28
| writer3 = {{hlist|Lande|Samuels|McCandless}}
| title4 = Chillum
| length4 = 5:14
| writer4 = McCandless
}}{{Track
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Moist Windows/Lawn Party
| length1 = 8:01
| title2 = Ente
| length2 = 2:00
| writer2 = {{hlist|Lande|Samuels|McCandless}}
| title3 = Willow
| length3 = 9:09
| writer3 = McCandless
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Art Lande]] – piano, percussion
* [[Paul McCandless]] – soprano saxophone, [[English horn]], [[oboe]], [[bass clarinet]], [[flute|wood flute]]
* [[Dave Samuels]] – [[vibraharp]], [[marimba]], percussion
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Art Lande}}
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[[Category:ECM Records albums]]
[[Category:Art Lande albums]]
[[Category:1981 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher]]