Esperanto (Shadowfax album)

1992 studio album by Shadowfax

Esperanto

Studio album by

Shadowfax

Released| 15 September 1992
Genre| New-age, jazz
Length| 45:03
Label| Earthbeat!
Producer| Chuck Greenberg and Harry Andronis
Shadowfax chronology
| The Odd Get Even
(1990)  | Esperanto
(1992)  | Magic Theater
(1994)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

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Esperanto is the eighth 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.

## Track listing

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1. "The Return of the Nairobi Trio" (Chuck Greenberg) – 5:12
2. "Neither Here Nor There" (Armen Chakmakian, Greenberg) – 5:31
3. "Foundwind" (Phil Maggini) – 5:02
4. "Moonskater" (Greenberg, Chakmakian) – 4:19
5. "Tropico Blue" (Greenberg) – 3:54
6. "Tanah Lot" (Maggini) – 5:07
7. "Duet for Shar" (Maggini) – 5:44
8. "Include Me Out" (Stuart Nevitt, Eric Gabriel) – 4:46
9. "Blue in the Face" (Nevitt) – 5:28

## Personnel

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* 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

## Charts

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Chart (1992)  | Peak
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US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[1] | 20

## References

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1. ^ "Esperanto – Charts and Awards". Retrieved 1 July 2014.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132826/http://www.chuckgreenberg.com/ESPERANTO.htm

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* MusicBrainz release group

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