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Andrew Jacob Vasquez is a Native American flute player of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. He has released four albums to date, Vasquez, the award-winning Wind River, V3: An American Indian, and Togo, all released by Makoché Records.
The finger holes on a Native American flute are open, meaning that fingers of the player cover the finger hole (rather than metal levers or pads such as those on a clarinet). This use of open finger holes classifies the Native American flute as a simple system flute. Because of the use of open finger holes, the flutist must be able to reach all ...
1999 Native American Music Awards, Best Traditional Recording (The First Flute) 2009 Native American Music Awards, Album of the Year (Earth Gift) [15] 2009 Independent Music Awards Vox Pop World Traditional Album Winner for First Lightning; 2009 Bush Foundation Enduring Vision Award [13] [16]
Raymond Carlos Nakai (born April 16, 1946) 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.
His project with Mirabal, Native Suite was an experimental and traditional project, featuring flute and percussion, as well as Mohican pow-wow singing. His vocals appeared on Thomas Kinkade 's 2000 album Music of Light which featured Rob Mathes and Australian Michelle Tumes ; he also was featured on Cherokee singer-songwriter Jason Upton 's ...
This is a discography of Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai. [1] Discography. Changes ... The Rough Guide to Native American Music (1999, World Music ...
Flute circle participants may span a wide range of experience and training in music — from professionals to novice flutists or enthusiasts of the Native American flute. [4] Many flute circles focus on raising the level of musicality of the participants across a range of levels of musical experience using basic song forms , music improvisation ...
The World Flute Society (WFS), a successor to the International Native American Flute Association, is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultural flute playing from around the world. [1] WFS has a particular emphasis on the study and development of the Native American flute .