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Earth Spirit
(1987)
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R. Carlos Nakai
R. Carlos Nakai has been at the forefront of Native American artists since the mid- to late '80s (around the time of release of this CD). On Earth Spirit, his acoustic reveries are direct and true. Each of the 15 compositions comes from Nakai's heart and goes to listeners' hearts. Two of the compositions are for the "eagle's bone whistle," the ...
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Music as Medicine
(2005)
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Nawang Khechog/R. Carlos Nakai
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Canyon Trilogy, Vol. 5
(1989)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Canyon Trilogy represents a return to the simplicity of Carlos Nakai's earlier albums such as Changes and Journeys. There are no additional instruments here, no rattles, and no chanting, just his haunting flutes, either solo or multi-tracked. The "trilogy" in the title refers to the three sections of the tape -- "Dawn's Mirage," "Dreamscapes," and ...
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Thanksgiving: A Windham Hill Collection
(1998)
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Various Artists
A Thanksgiving recording? That's what the folks at Windham Hill have proposed. Whether or not the theme truly makes sense is quickly made irrelevant by the beautiful performances. Of particular note is the stunning performance of "We Gather Together" by Paul McCandless, Philip Aaberg, and Michael Manring. The entire set is a consistently beautiful ...
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In Beauty, We Return
(2004)
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R. Carlos Nakai
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Migration
(1992)
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Peter Kater/R. Carlos Nakai
Migration seems almost capable of sweeping away any sense of trouble, and soothing out any fears. The music on the album is basically of an improvisational nature, with pianist Kater and flautist Nakai developing themes and ideas that were then fleshed out in the process of recording. The music was conceived originally as a foundation for personal ...
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Emergence, Vol. 6
(1992)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Emergence, Vol. 6 is another acoustic ambient CD from the sound worlds of R. Carlos Nakai. In the hands of this master, the Native American flute becomes a paintbrush, with the entire universe as a canvas. Nakai mixes traditional folk melodies with original compositions and improvisations to create his masterpiece. This is not a paint-by-numbers ...
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Inside Canyon de Chelly
(1997)
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Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
Paul Horn, one of the leading proponents of solo improvisational flute, collaborates here with Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai in a genuinely equal pairing. As with some of Paul Horn's earlier Inside albums, this is a field recording, done in two weeks inside of Canyon De Chelly and capitalizing on its natural acoustics. Listen to ...
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Inner Voices
(1999)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Featuring recastings of past compositions, Inner Voices teams the haunting Native American flute of R. Carlos Nakai with the sumptuous yet delicate string arrangements of Billy Williams. It's an opportunity to hear Nakai in something of a different setting, and it's also a highly effective setting: his melodies thrive under the string treatments, ...
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Our Beloved Land
(2005)
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R. Carlos Nakai
A duet album with guitarist Keola Beamer, R. Carlos Nakai's Our Beloved Land is one of the singer and flutist's more traditional albums. With a track list composed mostly of traditional songs and arrangements that tend toward simple acoustic guitar and reeds, with occasional electronic coloring to fill in the sound, Our Beloved Land isn't as ...
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Inside Monument Valley
(1999)
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Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
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In a Distant Place
(2000)
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R. Carlos Nakai/William Eaton/Will Clipman/Nawang
R. Carlos Nakai has made a career of weaving his soulful flute playing into the music of many talented collaborators. On this release, he teams up with Tibetan avant-garde flutist Nawang Khechog. The two traditions, Tibetan and Native American, mesh together well. Both styles have a breathy, ethereal quality that lends itself to soaring ...
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Prophecy
(1999)
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Various Artists
Prophecy collects some of the finest Native American recordings from premier new age label Hearts of Space. Ambient soundscapes surround flutes, drums and sacred chants, evoking the unity of humanity and nature. Many prominent Hearts of Space artists contributed to Prophecy, including R. Carlos Nakai, Coyote Oldman, Joanne Shenandoah, Soulfood and ...
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Changes, Vol. 1
(1983)
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R. Carlos Nakai
The beautiful and haunting sounds of the Native American flute are captured in this album of original compositions and arrangements of traditional tunes from the Zuni, Blood and Lakota tribes. Original compositions include "Whippoorwill" and "Solstice." Fourteen memorable compositions for solo flute. ~ MusD, All Music Guide
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Tribal Winds: Music From Native American Flutes
(1996)
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Various Artists
The straightforwardly named Tribal Winds: Music From Native American Flutes gathers 13 performances by Native American and Native American-inspired flutists such as Joseph Fire Crow, Keith Bear, and Bryan Akipa, most of which mix percussion, subtle synths, and nature recordings into the music. Fire Crow's "Creator's Prayer," Andrew Vasquez's ...
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Ancestral Voices
(1992)
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R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
R. Carlos Nakai is one of the world's leading virtuosos on the Native American (or cedar) flute. Unfettered by its technical limitations, he explores the expressive qualities of the instrument. William Eaton is one of the world's leading performers on and inventors of plucked string instruments. Together, Nakai and Eaton share a passion for ...
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Tribal Waters: Music from Native Americans
(1998)
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Various Artists
Tribal Waters is part of the four-part "Tribal" series that also features Tribal Winds, Tribal Voices, and Tribal Fires. The allusion to elemental forces should serve as a tip-off: Tribal Waters is not American Indian music per se, it's new age. A cursory listening confirms the diagnosis: instead of confining itself to drum, flute, and chant (with ...
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Mythic Dreamer
(1997)
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R. Carlos Nakai
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Carry the Gift
(1988)
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R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
Nakai is joined by guitarist William Eaton in thirteen selections for Native American flute. The flute is accompanied by guitar, lyre, harp-guitar and synthesizer guitar, plus two selections for solo guitar. The panoramic harmonies of Eaton's guitars and haunting melodies of Nakai's flute conjure visions of the mesas, canyons and plains of the ...
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People of Peace
(2005)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai usually performs in traditional settings, but he occasionally branches out into more experimental and wide-ranging forms. People of Peace, officially credited to the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, is one of those experiments, a kind of Native American acid jazz. Although a few songs stay pretty close to Nakai's ...
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Tribal Fires: Contemporary Native American Music
(1997)
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Various Artists
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Honorable Sky
(1994)
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Peter Kater and R. Carlos Nakai
Honorable Sky by Peter Kater and R. Carlos Nakai is a continuation of their acclaimed acoustic music accomplishments. Piano, flute and alto sax flow together seamlessly in sound so subtle--sometimes just barely a whisper--it begs your attention. Awarded the best New Age recording in 1992 by NAIRD and composers of the soundtrack to the successful ...
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Big Medicine
(1998)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Big Medicine's liner notes describe R. Carlos Nakai Quartet's first album as "a new jazz expression haunted by the experience of native America." It's an excellent description. Whether you call it jazz fusion or new age, it undeniably strikes a new chord in the spectrum of Native American music. Drawing upon diverse influences, such as Ornette ...
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Spirit Horses (Concerto for Native American Flute and Chamber Orchestra)
(1993)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Just when you think you've pigeonholed Carlos Nakai as the quintessential interpreter of traditional Native American flute music, he appears with an entirely different expression of his musical gifts. Spirit Horses may catch many of you off guard. As a collaborative exploration of contemporary music in the classical vein, it is unlike anything he ...
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Desert Dance
(1989)
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R. Carlos Nakai
Desert Dance is R. Carlos Nakai's response to his own Sundance Season. That CD is in homage to an existing ritual. This CD is Nakai's personal "ritual about the ever changing beauty of the San Luis Valley and the rain-laden sweep of clouds over Crestone and Lindisfarne." This deeply spiritual statement is a complete improvisation that Nakai ...
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