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Release Date: 09-06-1997
Label: Canyon Records
Catalog Number: CR615-2
Barcode: 729337206151
Musical Style: Native American
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zuni Song | 9 | 11/20/82 Song |
| 2 | Whippoorwill | 10 | 12/13/2 Song No. 2 |
| 3 | Wioste Olowan Toki Ya | 11 | 11/11/82 Song |
| 4 | 12/13/82 Song | 12 | Death Song - Lament |
| 5 | December Snow | 13 | 10/18/82 Song |
| 6 | Winter Solstice | 14 | Blood Round Dance Song |
| 7 | Wioste Olowan Inkpa Ta-Ya | 15 | Improvisational Melody - Impressions of Atitl?n Guatemala |
| 8 | 12/20/2 Song | ||
Description:
Nakai's first recording and still a favorite. 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 travels throughout North America.
Biography:
R. Carlos Nakai has explored and developed the relationship between established and new musical ideas for the Native American wooden flute. Classically trained on the trumpet, Nakai has nevertheless always been involved in the music and culture of his Navajo people. He has become accomplished on the siyotanka, the Lakota name for the wooden flute. Nakai has studied and lived with many different Native American tribes, adapting their musical traditions to his own style. He represented the Native Americans at the Magic Flute Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has performed at galleries, schools, museums and festivals. A visual artist and teacher, Nakai works with the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
