Shadowfax (band)

Shadowfax
Photo by Sam Emerson
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Chamber jazz new-age electronic blues progressive rock
Years active	1972–1995
Labels	Passport/ABC Windham Hill Capitol Private Music Earthbeat! Sonic Images
Past members	See "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 took its name from Gandalf the Grey's horse Shadowfax in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

• Chuck Greenberg – lyricon, saxophone, flute (1974-1995)
• Armen Chakmakian – keyboards (1990-1995)
• David Lewis – keyboards (1984-1990)
• G. E. Stinson – guitars (1974-1990)
• Charlie Bisharat – electric violin (1986-1990)
• Phil Maggini – double bass, bass guitar, vocals (1974-1995)
• Stuart Nevitt – drums, percussion (1974-1995)
• Doug Maluchnik - acoustic grand, Baldwin & Rhodes, ARP 2600, Mini Moog, Oberheim, digital sequencer, harpsichord, chamberlin

• Emil Richards – percussion (1982-1992)
• Ramon Yslas – percussion
• Andy Abad – guitars
• Doug Maluchnik – keyboards
• Jared Stewart – keyboards (1983)
• Jamii Szmadzinski - electric violin^[3] (1983-1986)
• Jerry Goodman – violin
• Mark Martinez – bass

• 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
• 1991 – What Goes Around - The Best Of Shadowfax
• 1992 – Esperanto
• 1994 – Magic Theater
• 1995 – Live
• 2019 – Live at the Wise Fools Pub 1978
• 2019 – The Lost Years

• 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

• Chuck Greenberg Official Site Maintained by his widow Joy Horner Greenberg
• Official website for Armen Chakmakian
• Shadowfax at AllMusic
• Shadowfax discography at MusicBrainz