R. Carlos Nakai is a Native AmericanFlutist. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. ...
CarlosNakai 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.
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.
The 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.
While Nakai may not have been "born to the flute," it was curiosity about his heritage that led him to it.
Part of Nakai's philosophy is to ensure that the native flute does not become a "museum piece" of a bygone culture.
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.
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