Shadowfax (band)

Shadowfax
Photo by Sam Emerson. Background information Origin Chicago, USA Genre(s)Chamber jazz
New Age
Electronic
BluesYears active 1972–1995 Label(s)Passport/ABC
Windham Hill
Capitol
Private Music
Sonic Images Members Chuck Greenberg
Charlie Bisharat
Armen Chakmakian
Phil Maggini
Stuart Nevitt
G. E. Stinson
Jamil Szmadzinski
Ramon Yslas
Andy Abad
David Lewis

Shadowfax is a new age/electronic musical group, best known for their albums Shadowfax and Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. In 1988 they won the Grammy for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village.[1] In 1992 they were nominated for the Grammy for Esperanto.

The group formed in 1972[2] 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.

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

1 Members
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

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
Jamil Szmadzinski Violin
Ramon Yslas Percussion
Andy Abad Guitars
Doug Maluchnik Keyboards
Jared Stewart Keyboards
Jerry Goodman Violin

Discography

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

References

Greenberg, Joy (2006) "A Pause in the Rain" ISBN 1-60145-018-4
Larkin, Colin (1995) "The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music" ISBN 1-56159-176-9
Yurochko, Bob (1993) "A Short History of Jazz" ISBN 0-83041-595-5