Chuck & Sound Guy Steve Gregory checking lyricon, 1995*

BIOGRAPHY Grammy award winning recording artist, composer, and producer Chuck Greenberg was born in Chicago, IL, on March 25, 1950. Although beginning his musical career in the Midwest, he first found wide recognition for his many talents after relocating to Los Angeles in 1978. His initial success as a producer and artist was marked by a series of recordings with Shadowfax, Alex de Grassi, and Will Ackerman, beginning in 1982 on the Windham Hill label. This ground-breaking work combined jazz, rock, folk, and world music elements into a singular vision that featured flawless instrumental recordings and cohesive compostitions. His work on the lyricon, the first electronic wind instrument, became the signature sound of the group Shadowfax, which he helped found in 1974. Shadowfax in 1994: (l-r) Phil Maggini, Chuck, Stu Nevitt, Armen Chakmakian*   In live performances, Chuck Greenberg appeared as a featured artist at Carnegie Hall, Montreux, Ravinia, the Greek Theater, Wolftrap, Red Rocks, and other major concert venues in the U.S. His final work was a live Shadowfax recording and full length concert video recorded in Santa Cruz, CA, in January 1995. He died of a massive heart attack the following September, leaving a wife, three sons, and an enduring musical legacy.

DISCOGRAPHY VARIOUS ARTISTS Sanctuary 1996 Windham Hill SHADOWFAX Live 1995 Sonic Images SHADOWFAX Magic Theater 1994 Earthbeat! SHADOWFAX Esperanto 1992 Earthbeat! (Grammy Nominee) CHUCK GREENBERG From a Blue Planet 1991 Greenshadow Music** SHADOWFAX What Goes Around 1991 Windham Hill VARIOUS ARTISTS The First 10 Years 1990 Windham Hill SHADOWFAXThe Odd Get Even 1990 Private Music WILLIAM ACKERMANImaginary Roads 1988 Windham Hill SHADOWFAX Folksongs for a Nuclear Village 1988 Capitol (Grammy Winner) SHADOWFAX Too Far to Whisper 1986 Windham Hill VARIOUS ARTISTS A Winter's Solstice 1985 Windham Hill (Gold Record) SHADOWFAX The Dreams of Children 1984 Windham Hill ROBIT HAIRMAN Resident Alien 1984 MCA SHADOWFAX Shadowdance 1983 Windham Hill SHADOWFAX Shadowfax 1982 Windham Hill ALEX DE GRASSI Clockwork 1981 Windham Hill SHADOWFAX Watercourse Way 1976 Passport, reissued by W. Hill in 1985

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