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R. Carlos Nakai
Raymond Carlos Nakai is a Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a two-year period in the United States Navy. He began playing a traditional Native American cedar flute after an accident left him unable to play the trumpet. Largely self-taught, he released his first album Changes in 1983, and afterward signed a contract with Canyon Records, who produced more than thirty of his albums in subsequent years. His music features original compositions for the flute inspired by traditional Native American melodies. Nakai has collaborated with musicians William Eaton, Peter Kater, Philip Glass, Nawang Khechog, Paul Horn, and Keola Beamer. He has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his albums. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Song for the Morning Star
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Daybreak Vision
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Sonoran Twilight
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Kokopelli Wind
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Shaman's Call
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Albums

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Spiral Rendezvous

2022
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Emergence (Canyon Records Definitive Remaster)

2015
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Reconnections

2006
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From Graceful Fields (Classical Works for Native American Flute)

2022
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Awakening the Fire

2013
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Edge of the Century

2005
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Nocturne

2020
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Dancing Into Silence

2009
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What Lies Beyond (feat. Amochip Dabney, Will Clipman & Johnny Walker)

2016
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Talisman

2008

Singles & EPs

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Sonora Canyon

Single • 2020

Videos

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Song For The Morning Star (Lanzarote, January 2012)

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Ancestral Home by R. Carlos Nakai

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Relaxation Native American Flute Carlos Nakai Star Chant

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Daybreak Vision music video 1 0001

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Echoes of Time - Native American Flute Music - R. Carlos Nakai

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Mandalas

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Amazing Grace Cherokee - PRAYER

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R Carlos Nakai - Dreamscapes Canyon People

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Up, up, and away!

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Peter Kater & Carlos Nakai / ♪ Wandering ♪ ☸ڿڰۣ——

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Native Winds

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