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         • 1999 Pow Wow CalendarCraft Supplies |
Flute Music | Additional Music • Instrumental Music |
R. Carlos NakaiR. Carlos Nakai is the world's foremost performer of the Native American flute and in his hands it has the power to enrapture the listener like no other instrument can. His music is authentially Native American yet original and personal, filled with the richness of his traditions. Of Navajo-Ute heritage, Nakai is a diverse performer, touring throughout the world as a soloist, with symphony orchestras and ethnic music ensembles. | ||
Earth SpiritNakai's best selling recording, this album best captures the timeless serenity of the solo Native American flute. His music speaks with a simplicity that trancends place and time. Fifteen songs include original compositions, traditional Athabascan and Omaha melodies and two selections for eagle bone whistle. 57 minutes.
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EmergenceThe best representation of Nakai's concert performance. The fifteen songs begin with renditions of traditional melodies from the Plains and Nakai's own works in the traditional style. Nakai also enhances the flute and his own chanting with electronic processing to create the sound that has enraptured so many listeners. Closes with an ethereal rendition of "Amazing Grace." 59 minutes.
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Canyon TrilogyThe trancendent quality of the ceder flute's pure sound is enhanced by the magic of digital technology in this collection of seventeen free flowing compositions. Nakai's melodies echo in the canyons and the valleys of the vast southwest to soothe the spirit and carry teh listener to the far realms of the imagination. 58 minutes.
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ChangesNakai's first recording and still one of his most popular. Fifteen solo songs of pure, soothing Native American flute music including renditions of Zuni, Blood and Lakota melodies along with Nakai's own impressionistic melodies inspired by his life in the land of the Dine (Navajo) and travels throughtout North America. 40 minutes.
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CyclesEvocative music capturing the vastness and sweep of the American West and the feelings of Native Americans for their traditions and land. Eight songs for Native American flute with synthesizer accompaniment. This is the soundtrack for the Heard Museum multimedia presentation, Our Voices, Our Land 33 minutes.
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JourneysSounds for the solo cedar flute are mixed with selections of flute accompanied by synthesized sounds of nature, wind & ocean. The thirteen original songs include seven graceful improvisations to lead the listener on a peaceful journey into the heart. 54 minutes.
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Spirit HorsesNakai brings the traditional cedar flute into the classical concert hall in four works composed by James DeMars. This recording combines classical, ethnic and jazz elements and presents the haunting sound of the flute and Native American song forms in new and compelling ways. Includes the first concerto for Native American flute, Spirit Horses. 46 minutes.
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Native TapestryThis is the second collaboration between Nakai and the composer James DeMars. The traditional flute is combined with Aftrican percussion, piano, cello, saxophone and chamber orchestra to create impressionistic and evocative new American music. Includes Two world Symphony, Lake That Speaks, Crow Wing and Spirit Call. 59 minutes.
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Island Of BowsThe soaring serrenity of Nakai's flute is matched by the delicate tranquillity of the traditional Japanese shakuhachi, shamizen, koto, kotsumumi, tonkori and Chinese yan chin and er-hu. Recorded in a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, these seven songs gracefuly blend traditional sounds from East and West. With the Wind Travellin' Band, Shonsuke Ohkura and Oki Kano of the Ainu. 48 minutes.
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More MusicSundance SeasonThe magical, free-sounding melody of the hand crafted flute, vocals, and traditional percussion transports the listener into a world full of mystery and is an initiation into a history of ancient tribnal rituals... Tape - $10.95 Desert DanceSays Nakai, "This is my ritual about the ever changing beauty of the San Luis valley and the rain-laden sweep of clouds over Creststone, Colorado, and Lindisfarne Chapel in the late summer season of 1989. Desert Dance interprets my experience in the sacred place of my ancestors." Tape - $10.95 | ||
Also See:William EatonWilliam Eaton & R. Carlos Nakai have colaborated on several works, ranging from the Christmas favorite Winter Dreams to Ancestral Voices with the Black Lodge Singers. Peter Kater Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai are perhaps best known for their joint work on the cable series How the West was Lost. | ||
Jackalope Jackalope is a modern style band which Nakai helped create. |
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