Chuck Greenberg

Chuck Greenberg, born on March 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, was an American musical artist, composer, producer, and player of the flute, saxophone, and lyricon. He began his musical career in the Midwest, including a backup band tour with The Bee Gees, before relocating to Los Angeles in 1978. His breakthrough came with the formation of Shadowfax in 1972, which later signed to Windham Hill Records in 1982. Greenberg's work on the lyricon, an electronic wind instrument he helped develop, became a signature sound for Shadowfax. The band won a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. Notable performances included appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Montreux Jazz Festival. His final work was a live Shadowfax recording and full-length concert from Santa Cruz, California, in 1995. Greenberg died on September 4, 1995, aged 45, after suffering a heart attack.

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