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Shadowfax
Photo by Sam Emerson.
Photo by Sam Emerson.
Background information
OriginChicago, USA
GenresChamber jazz
New-age
Electronic
Blues
Years active1972–1995
LabelsPassport/ABC
Windham Hill
Capitol
Private Music
Sonic Images
Past membersSee "Members"

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.[1] In 1993, 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 the Grey's horse Shadowfax in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Members

Additional musicians

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

Discography

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 0-8304-1595-5

Footnotes

  1. ^ Yurochko (1993) pp. 225-226
  2. ^ Larkin (1995) p.3727
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