R. CARLOS NAKAI
Music Anthology
R. Carlos Nakai, Peter Kater
Review
"For those in search of peaceful, healing music I highly recommend this recording to anyone looking for peaceful, healing music. I am a professional massage therapist who has played this CD during massage sessions. It seems to produce a soothing effect on both the client and has enhanced my skills as well. These beneficial effects were noticed by another massage therapist receiving a massage at the time. I regret that it is no longer in stock and look forward to the time when it becomes available again."
Selections
Wandering
Initiation
Honoring
Stating Intention
Surrender
Embracing The Darkness
Lighting The Flame
Transformation
Quietude
Becoming Human
Walking The Path
Service
R. Carlos Nakai,Peter Kater
Selections
How The West Was Lost(Opening & Prelude)
Dull Knife And Little Wolf
West, The (Improvisation With Piano And Native Flute)
Crazy Horse Prayer
Last Of The Buffalo
Three Theme Medley
Stating Intention
Sand Creek Memories
Black Kettle Theme Variations
Nez Perce Flight Song
Navajo Land Blessing
Black Hills Warrior
Lakota Flute Song
Surrender
Flight Song
The Death Of Dull Knife
A Good Day To Die
Geronimo's Surrender
He Came From The Black Hills
South West Warrior
Becoming Human
I Will Fight No More
West, The (Main Theme into The Spirit Endures)
R. Carlos Nakai,Peter Kater
Selections
Gathering Of Souls
Call To Enchantment
My Soul's Story
If Men Were At Peace
Honorable Sky
All Souls Waltz
Essence
One Voice
R. Carlos Nakai,Peter Kater
Review
"Island of Bows is a place to refresh the musical imagination. Carlos Nakai has taken the music of his Native American wood flutes to varied places in his 16 previous recordings. He's played with symphony orchestras and on film soundtracks. For this album, he travelled to Japan to collaborate with several guest artists and members of the Wind Travelin' Band, who play traditional Japanese instruments. The result is a blend of diverse musics and backgrounds into a new and intriguing result. All compositions are by Nakai and the Wind Travelin' Band."
Kerry Dexter
Selections
Sunrise
Island Of Bows
KAMUI
Sunrise II
Cloud Temple
Night Forest
Red Wind
R. Carlos Nakai,Peter Kater
Selections Crow Wing
Lake That Speaks
Spirit Call
Two World Sym: First Movement 'Doors Open On The Wind'
Two World Sym: Second Movement 'Drought'
Two World Sym: Third Movement 'Wandering Rains'
R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman List
Review
"R. Carlos Nakai is well known to aficionados of Native American flute music. This is his seventeenth release, his eighth collaborative effort. Originally trained in classical trumpet, Nakai brings a technique of strong, clear tones to his playing of the traditional cedar flute. This release takes the traditional flute into a new arena of music. Nakai and guitarist William Eaton (who builds the guitars and harp guitars he uses in performance), are joined by talented percussionist Will Clipman who adds an enjoyable dimension to the music, giving it a more world beat, polyrhythmic base. Though Clipman has performed with both Nakai and Eaton individually, this is the first time that all three have brought their talents together. When the cedar flute blends with the lyraharp guitar, didgeridoo, balafon, tablas, and pow wow drums, a most unusual, original, and amazing sound comes forth. Of the 18 compositions on this CD, 16 are by all three collaborators, and two are by Nakai and Eaton."
Paul Graham -- c Dirty Linen
"The most prominent and prolific voice on Native American flute, Nakai draws on the traditional themes and instrumentation of his Navajo-Ute heritage, achieving remarkably expressive results from the cedar flute..."
Down Beat (10/95)
Selections Where Giants Walk
Feather, Stone & Light
Prelude To The Storm
Savannah Sojourn
The Lake Inside The Flower
Sonoran Raga
Silhouettes
Midnight In The Sacred Grove
River Dawn
Running Down The Sun
Dreaming The World
Three Worlds
Runes
Raven Wind
Restless Spirits
Last Wild River
Afternoon At Uluru
Stealing Thunder