Shadowfax (album)

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Shadowfax
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedMay–June 1982, Studio America, Pasadena, CA
Genre Jazz, new-age
Length34:49
Label Windham Hill Records
Producer Chuck Greenberg
Shadowfax chronology
Watercourse Way
(1976)
Shadowfax
(1982)
Shadowdance
(1983)
Professional ratings
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Shadowfax is the second album by Shadowfax, and the band's first for Windham Hill Records. Saxophonist Chuck Greenberg was introduced to Windham Hill CEO Will Ackerman by Ackerman's cousin Alex de Grassi. The band was signed to a record deal in early 1982.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Angel's Flight" – Chuck Greenberg 4:05
  2. "Vajra" – G.E. Stinson 4:26
  3. "Wheel of Dreams" – G.E. Stinson & Chuck Greenberg 4:51
  4. "Oriental Eyes" – Phil Maggini 4:59
  5. "Move the Clouds" – G.E. Stinson 3:11
  6. "A Thousand Teardrops" – Chuck Greenberg 4:21
  7. "Ariki (Hummingbird Spirit)" G. E. Stinson & Chuck Greenberg – 3:18
  8. "Marie" – G.E. Stinson 5:57

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Billboard Jazz Albums19

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r83599
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.