1992 studio album by Shadowfax
Esperanto is the ninth studio album by new-age/jazz group Shadowfax. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1993, losing out to Enya's Shepherd Moons.
The cover art is by Mimi LaPlant.
- "The Return of the Nairobi Trio" (Chuck Greenberg) – 5:12
- "Neither Here Nor There" (Armen Chakmakian, Greenberg) – 5:31
- "Foundwind" (Phil Maggini) – 5:02
- "Moonskater" (Greenberg, Chakmakian) – 4:19
- "Tropico Blue" (Greenberg) – 3:54
- "Tanah Lot" (Maggini) – 5:07
- "Duet for Shar" (Maggini) – 5:44
- "Include Me Out" (Stuart Nevitt, Eric Gabriel) – 4:46
- "Blue in the Face" (Nevitt) – 5:28
- Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon and WX-7 wind synthesizers, soprano saxophone, C-Concert, alto, Chilean, Indian and African flutes, bass clarinet
- Stu Nevitt – drums, cymbals, DrumKAT Controller Axis – E Pedal, Ensoniq EPS & EPS 16+ Samplers, Kawai XD-5 & K4 Modules, sampled & synthesized talking drum on "Neither Here Nor There", balafons on "Include Me Out"; tbilat, castanets, tambourine, Bushman dance rattles and hand claps
- Phil Maggini – electric bass, additional keyboards
- Armen Chakmakian – grand piano, Korg M1, Roland U-20, Ensoniq EPS 16+, Roland D-50
Additional personnel
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- L. Shankar – vocals on 6, double violin on 6
- Emil Richards – dumbek on 1 6, flapamba on 1 5 6, pipe gamelan on 1 6, Moroccan tambourine on 1, sampled bass marimba on 3, udu on 5, kendang on 6, hand claps on 6, crotales on 6, sampled bass marimba on 6 and bass boobams on 6
- Cash McCall – guitar on 9
- Ramon Yslas – congas on 2 3 8, shekere on 2, udu on 2, triangle on 2, bongos on 3, hand percussion on 8
Chart (1992)
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Peak position
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US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[1]
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20
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