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Best Of Shadowfax on Windham Hill ONLY

Douglas J. Hultsman | Corinth, Texas United States | 08/06/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The title implies that this is the best of Shadowfax. And indeed it is a good collection from their earlier years on the Windham Hill label. As always, there are tracks that I would like to see (like "Above the Wailing Wall" from "Dreams of Children")that are left off, but still the tracks chosen represent a sampling of one of the best Fusion/Jazz/World/Rock bands to come along. Unfortunately, their best work in my opinion was on other labels. Even sadder that it looks like the amazing "Folksongs for a Nuclear Village" and "The Odd Get Even" are out of print! By all means, find them if you can. The harder World Beat/Jazz Fusion edge on these releases and the strong interplay between G.E.(Stinson), Charlie Bisharat and Chuck Greenberg are stellar, not to mention the excellent world percussion, bass and keyboard work. Nice of Windham Hill to provide us with their "Best Of", but a true best of will include tracks from their entire career. Even so, the music on this one still gets 4 stars."

Very good compilation

Larry G. | 02/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great "best of" CD in that it gives you a really good indication of what ShadowFax is all about. This was my first introduction to them and I was not disappointed!"

A good sampling of a great band...

Michael J Harrington | Phoenix, Arizona USA | 04/15/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The folly of 'best ofs' is that something is inevitably left out. This one doesn't do too bad on that account, as it captures some of their most memorable tracks from across 4 CD's. This CD is a great starting point - and I know you will get all their stuff after a listen or 2! As usual, a few duds that should have been replaced with better tracks, but overall a fairly good snapshot of one of the best new age bands EVER."