Chuck Greenberg (musician)
Chuck Greenberg (March 25, 1950 – September 4, 1995), born in Chicago, Illinois, was an American musical artist, composer and producer.
He began his musical career in the Midwest, including a backup band tour with the Bee Gees,[1] then relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1978. Though Greenberg's band Shadowfax, first formed in 1972,[2] his success as a producer and artist was marked by his series of recordings, with Alex de Grassi and Will Ackerman, beginning in 1982 on the Windham Hill label. Shadowfax won a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village.[3] This ground-breaking work combined jazz, rock, folk, and world music elements.
His work on the lyricon, the first electronic wind instrument, which he helped develop with engineer , became the signature sound of Shadowfax.[4]
In live performances, Greenberg appeared as a featured artist at Carnegie Hall, Montreux, Ravinia, , Wolf Trap, Red Rocks, and the , among others. His final work was a live Shadowfax recording and full-length concert from Santa Cruz, California, in 1995.
He died aged 45 on Santa Cruz Island, on September 4, 1995, after suffering a heart attack, leaving a wife and three sons.[5]
Discography[]
- From A Blue Planet (1991)
With Shadowfax[]
(see main Shadowfax discography)
References[]
Sources[]
- 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
- The Associated Press (September 9, 1995). "Chuck Greenberg, Musician, Dies at 45". The New York Times. p. 31.
- Rusch, Bob (Mar. 1976) Cadence Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 44
- Sonic Images Press Release
- Yurochko, Bob (1993) A Short History of Jazz ISBN 0-8304-1595-5
External links[]
- American jazz flautists
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- 1950 births
- 1995 deaths
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century saxophonists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- Shadowfax (band) members