The trumpet player who was handed a cedar flute
A full session episode: Nakai on being given the flute in the early 1980s, and on what the instrument carries that a trumpet does not.
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Interview · Comfort Road Sessions · 2021The trumpet player who was handed a cedar flute
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Meet R. Carlos Nakai.
Native American Flute
R. Carlos Nakai
Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute descent, born in 1946, and the most widely heard player of the cedar flute. He carries the ceremonial and storytelling use of the instrument and has also taken it into orchestral and jazz settings; his Canyon Trilogy was the first Native American flute recording to reach gold.
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