Emergence

by Canyon Records

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Release Date:1993-11-23
Label:Canyon Records
UPC:729337060920
Binding:Audio CD
Published By:Canyon Records
ASIN:B00000136X
Category:Music

Tracks on Emergence by Canyon Records

  1. Dreamer's Chant - R. Carlos Nakai, Traditional
  2. Solstice Prayer - R. Carlos Nakai, Traditional
  3. Atoká, Atoká - R. Carlos Nakai, Traditional
  4. Whirlwinds Dancing
  5. Red-Tailed Hawks
  6. Coyote Rainbows
  7. Saguaro Sunsets
  8. The Young Old Warrior
  9. Red Streaking Into the Water
  10. Willow People
  11. Black World
  12. Blue-Green World
  13. Yellow-White World
  14. Rainbow World
  15. Amazing Grace - R. Carlos Nakai, Newton, John

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

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Emergence is one of R. Carlos Nakai's most emotive CDs, exploring traditional melodies and prayers of Northern and Central Plains Native Americans while waxing improv on everything from desert winds to willow trees and red-tailed hawks. The result is a sweet, expressive, and grounding music dedicated to the songs and stories of Nakai's tribal ancestors. This longtime master owns a natural gift for singing with the cedar flute, and this becomes delightfully apparent after hearing the fresh and light "Whirlwinds Dancing" and "Coyote Rainbows." Nakai devotes the last third of the album to South American Diné creation and emergence stories and his original, "Willow People"--with its echoing notes and touch of ambient synthesizer--begins to sing with cosmic tones, reflecting the landscape of the Din&ecute; songs. What follows are four lovely pieces of expansive Native American music, some of which include Nakai's deep, godly voice floating over a timeless universe, before ending on a quiet, melancholy rendition of "Amazing Grace." With each song, Emergence emerges into a masterpiece. --Karen Karleski

Customer Reviews

Doesnt get any better - Reviewed on 2007-05-14
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1 customer found this review helpful.

Recommend buying Calos Nakai. A must buy for any music collection.
NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE IN ITS PURITY - Reviewed on 2005-09-24
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3 customers found this review helpful.

R. Carlos Nakai is known as the preeminent virtuoso of the Native American Flute. There is good reason for this. No one does it better and no one sticks to the classical traditions surrounding this instrument than Nakai.

EMERGENCE is yet another testament of Nakai's devotion to his craft. Each track provides a soulful expression of the natural foundation for the flute's expression. No strange, New Age audiotechnics here. Nothing but the music and its ability to thrill the listener to the very center.

EMERGENCE, with solid performances like DREAMER'S CHANT, COYOTE RAINBOWS, WILLOW PEOPLE and AMAZING GRACE (just to name a few), is a masterful presentation of tone poetry that will soothe and inspire.

THE HORSEMAN
Music Medicine - Reviewed on 2003-10-01
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3 customers found this review helpful.

This album is excellent! If you are in need of the healing tones that the cedar flute can offer when played well, this is the gift for you. It is not a synthetic New Age mix, the kind of thing that leaves many Native Americans running for the nearest exit, it is an honestly composed and performed album. R. Carlos Nakai is the foremost and perhaps most accomplished of Native flute players being recorded today. This collection of contemporary and traditional compositions has given me many hours of solace and serenity in an otherwise wild and wooly world. We are fortunate to have this talented Ute/Dineh musician amoung us recording these offerings today!
Stirring and Thought Provoking - Reviewed on 2001-02-17
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8 customers found this review helpful.

Nakai produces a romantic, healing, while vaguely haunting music that gently transports you back to a time when music was more than just entertainment. Nakai emulates the traditional music of his Navajo-Ute in a way that is both touching and mystic. Be prepared to be taken on a journey where you will be introduced to the feelings an impressions that Nakai himself experiences. He will show you through his music what the world around his means to him, and he will instill that awe of life in you.

Nakai doesn't fall into the trap of giving the musical tourist exactly what he expects. There is no chanting or jingling bells, no corny sound effects or war cries. Instead he simply taps into that inner peace that we all look for. Perhaps that's the reason so many people have come to appreciate his music. The universal understanding of, and need for, peace and insight.

Wonderful for Relaxation & Meditation . . . - Reviewed on 2000-12-10
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3 customers found this review helpful.

Hauntingly beautiful! My first exposure to Nakai's work, I have had it now for 5-6 years. Entrancing - super for meditation. I never grow tired of it . . . Gary L. Flegal, Ph.D., Professional Stress Management Services.
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