Shadowdance (Shadowfax album)

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Shadowdance
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1983
Recorded1983
Genre New-age, jazz
Length37:50
Label Windham Hill Records
Producer Chuck Greenberg
Shadowfax chronology
Shadowfax
(1982)
Shadowdance
(1983)
The Dreams of Children
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Shadowdance is the third studio album by new-age group Shadowfax, the second for Windham Hill Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "New Electric India" (G. E. Stinson) – 5:12
  2. "Watercourse Way" (Chuck Greenberg, Stinson) – 5:06
  3. "Ghost Bird" (Stinson) – 5:04
  4. "Shadowdance" (Greenberg) – 5:20
  5. "Brown Rice/Karmapa Chenno" (Don Cherry) – 4:18
  6. "Distant Voices" (Stinson, Greenberg) – 3:46
  7. "A Song for My Brother" (Stinson) – 9:04

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard )145
US Jazz LPs (Billboard)13

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r83598
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.