R. Carlos Nakai - People of Peace

Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai usually performs in traditional settings, but he occasionally branches out into more experimental and wide-ranging forms. People Of Peace, officially credited to The R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, is one of those experiments, a kind of Native American acid jazz. Although a few songs stay pretty close to Nakai's usual turf, like the near-solo "Trade Winds," on which his only accompaniment is Mary Redhouse's evocative wordless vocals, most of the album adds piano, synthesizers, bass, and percussion (traditional native instruments, Latin hand drums, trap kits, and beatboxes) to Nakai's reeds. Read More