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To become the world's premier Native American flutist, R. Carlos Nakai had to rely more on research and innovation and less on his Navajo-Ute heritage. While the Diné had a strong flute-playing tradition, it was lost when they migrated from the Northwest Plains of Canada to the Southwest over five centuries ago. While R. Carlos Nakai may not have been "born to the flute," it was curiosity about his heritage that led him to it.
During the late 1960s while researching American Indian music and traditional instruments, the wooden flute piqued Nakai's interest, but it wasn't until 1972 that he took it up seriously. Prior to that Nakai had devoted his musical energies to classical training on the cornet and trumpet.
In his usual determination to have a thorough knowledge of the instrument, Nakai crafted his own. He later learned from a flute-making teacher that rather than the oak Nakai was using, cedar is the only wood that works well. He also discovered that when it comes to flute making, there are no standard dimensions. The finger holes and air column are based on hand and finger measurements and are never the same. As a result, each flute has a different sound and pitch which makes the tonality of the instruments random. Nakai views each flute less as a musical instrument than "as a sound sculpture - a piece of art that also creates sound."
Part of Nakai's philosophy is to ensure that the native flute does not become a "museum piece" of a bygone culture. Through his original compositions and other musical collaborations, Nakai intends to show the instrument's versatility and capabilities. Over the past two decades, Nakai has melded his classical training with his expertise on the cedar flute to form a complex, sophisticated sound that not only reveals the flute's uniqueness, but covers the spectrum of musical genres: jazz ensembles, piano and guitar collaborations, and the concert hall. Additionally, Nakai creates new sounds for the flute using electronic technology such as synthesizers and digital delay.
A native Arizonan, Nakai's southwestern surroundings as well as his culture, heavily influence his work. He points out that "A lot of what I've been taught culturally, comes from an awareness of the environment. ...How I feel is based on my impressions of being in certain spaces at certain times. Thinking back...on personal tribal stories and the history of my culture figures into how I organize my music."


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  ANCESTRAL VOICES

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FLUTE GUITAR VOCALS
$16.00
 
  CANYON TRILOGY

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CERTIFIED GOLD 1998
$16.00
 
  CARRY THE GIFT

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WITH WILLIAM EATON
$16.00
 
  CHANGES

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NAKAI'S FIRST RECORDING
$16.00
 
  CYCLES

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CEDAR FLUTE
$16.00
 
  DESERT DANCE

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FLUTE, VOCALS & PERCUSSION
$17.00
 
  EARTH SPIRIT

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CEDAR FLUTE
$16.00
 
  EDGE OF THE CENTURY

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WITH AMOCHIP DABNEY
$16.00
 
  EMERGENCE

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FEATURES AMAZING GRACE
$16.00
 
 ENTER TRIBAL

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WITH ROBERT TREE CODY, WILLIAM HORNCLOUD, JAY BEGAYE AND OTHERS
$16.00
 
  FEATHER, STONE, LIGHT

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FLUTE & VOCALS
$16.00
 
  FOURTH WORLD

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WITH CANYON SYMPHONY
$16.00
 
  IN A DISTANT PLACE

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NATIVE AMERICAN AND TIBETAN FLUTES
$16.00
 
 IN BEAUTY, WE RETURN

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BEST OF TWENTY YEARS
$16.00
 
  INNER VOICES

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FLUTE, VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS
$16.00
 
  INSIDE CANYON DE CHELLY

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R. CARLOS NAKAI & PAUL HORN
$16.00
 
  INSIDE MONUMENT VALLEY

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FLUTES WIND THUNDER BIRDS
$16.00
 
  ISLAND OF BOWS

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CEDAR FLUTE JAPANESE SHAKUHACHI
$16.00
 
  JOURNEYS

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SOLO FLUTE WITH NATURE SOUNDS
$16.00
 
 KOKOPELLI'S CAFE

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THE R. CARLOS NAKAI QUARTET
$16.00
 
  MIGRATION

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FLUTE & PIANO
$17.00
 
 MUSIC AS MEDICINE

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NAWANG KHECHOG WITH R. CARLOS NAKAI
$17.00
 
  MYTHIC DREAMER

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ZUNI LAKOTA KIOWA CHEYENNE MELODIES
$16.00
 
  NATIVES

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WITH PETER KATER
$17.00
 
 OUR BELOVED LAND

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FLUTE, GUITAR, TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN SONGS AND NEW COMPOSITIONS
$16.00
 
 PEOPLE OF PEACE

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FLUTE, VOCALS, PERCUSSION
$16.00
 
 RECONNECTIONS

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WITH WILLIAM EATON, CLIFF SARDE & RANDY WOOD
$16.00
 
 SANCTUARY

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MEDITATIVE, GRACEFUL CEDAR FLUTE
$16.00
SONG FOR HUMANITY

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A CELEBRATION OF 10 YEARS
$16.00
 
 TALISMAN

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PURE, HAUNTING SOUND OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE
$16.00
 
 THROUGH WINDOWS & WALLS

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PIANO AND NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE
$16.00
 
 VOYAGERS

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WITH UDI BAR-DAVID
$16.00

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