Chuck Greenberg (musician)

Chuck Greenberg ( born March 25, 1950 in Chicago, † September 4, 1995 in Santa Cruz Iceland, California ) was an American fusion musician (saxophone, flute, keyboards). He led the band Shadowfax.

Life and work

Greenberg founded and produced the early 1970s, the band Shadowfax. This originated in Chicago as a blues band with guitarist GE Stinson, and bassist Phil Maggini. Successful was the band with its mix of world music, rock, folk and jazz but only with their albums in the New Age label Windham Hill Records. Shadowfax won the 1988 Grammy for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village.

Greenberg developed with engineer Bill Bernardi the Lyricon, the first electronic woodwind instrument, which became the distinguishing feature of Shadowfax sounds. As a soloist, he took the 1990 album From a Blue Planet on. He also participated in recordings by Alex de Grassi and William Ackerman. According to Greenberg's death from a heart attack, the band broke up.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Watercourse Way ( Passport, 1976)
  • Shadowfax ( Windham Hill, 1982)
  • The Dreams Of Children ( Windham Hill, 1984)
  • Magic Theater ( EarthBeat!, 1994)
  • Shadowfax - Live ( Sonic Images, 1995)
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