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Shadowfax (band)

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Years active
  
1972–1995

Past members
  
See "Members"

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Origin
  
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Members
  
Chuck Greenberg, Charlie Bisharat

Genres
  
Chamber jazz, New-age music, Electronic dance music, Blues

Record labels
  
Windham Hill Records, Capitol Records, Private Music, ABC Records

Albums
  
Shadowdance, Folksongs for a Nuclear V, The Dreams of Children, Too Far to Whisper, Shadowfax

Shadowfax was a new age/electronic musical group formed in Chicago in the early 1970s and best known for their albums Shadowfax and Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. In 1989 they won the Grammy for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. In 1993, they were nominated for the Grammy for Esperanto.

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The group formed in 1972 and disbanded after 1995 when Lyricon player and leader Chuck Greenberg died of a heart attack. Having lost their signature sound, Shadowfax's members went on to other projects.

Shadowfax (band) SHADOWFAX discography and reviews

The group takes its name from Gandalf the White's horse Shadowfax in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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Members

  • Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon, saxophones, flutes
  • Phil Maggini – basses, vocals
  • Stuart Nevitt – drums, percussion
  • G. E. Stinson – guitars
  • Armen Chakmakian – keyboards
  • Charlie Bisharat – electric violins
  • David Lewis – keyboards

    • Additional musicians

  • Ramon Yslas – percussion
  • Andy Abad – guitars
  • Doug Maluchnik – keyboards
  • Jared Stewart – keyboards
  • Jamii Szmadzinski - electric violin
  • Jerry Goodman – violin

    • Discography

  • 1976 - Watercourse Way (re-mixed and partially re-recorded 1985)
  • 1982 - Shadowfax
  • 1983 - Shadowdance
  • 1984 - The Dreams of Children
  • 1986 - Too Far To Whisper
  • 1988 - Folksongs for a Nuclear Village
  • 1990 - The Odd Get Even
  • 1992 - Esperanto
  • 1994 - Magic Theater
  • 1995 - Live

    • Songs

    A Song for My BrotherWatercourse Way · 1976
    Angel's FlightShadowfax · 1982
    New Electric IndiaShadowdance · 1983

    References

    Shadowfax (band) Wikipedia
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