Biography
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Members
- Amo Chip
- Mary Redhouse
- R. Carlos Nakai
- Will Clipman
Since his first release for Canyon Records in 1983, Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai has used the traditional Native American flute in exciting new musical settings creating a new genre that has found widespread popularity.
With the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, Nakai continues this musical experiment by joining the haunting sound of the cedar flute with sax, bass, keyboards, drums and female vocals. This new sound is a confluence of traditional Native American sounds, Latin rhythms, and ethnic jazz.
The R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, Nakai won a 2008 Nammy Award for the album People of Peace in the Best World Album category. This recording was also a 2006 GRAMMY nominee for Best New Age Album. Canyon had been honored this year with a total of fourteen nominations from the Native American Music Awards (or “Nammys”).
The R. Carlos Nakai Quartet weaves together a hundred years of collective musical experience and a thousand years of cultural influence into a sound as rich and deep as the human experience itself. Join R. Carlos Nakai, Amo Chip Dabney, Mary Redhouse & Will Clipman at they ponder their own Ancient Future giving voice to the planetary tribe in joyous and heartfelt music for the heart and earth.
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