Discography

Changes (1983)

R. Carlos Nakai’s first recording and still a favorite. Fifteen solo songs of pure, soothing Native American flute music including renditions of Zuni, Blood and Lakota melodies along with Nakai’s own impressionistic melodies inspired by his travels throughout North America.

TRACKS:	Click below to listen.
1. Zuni Song (2:24)
2. Whippoorwill (4:26)
3. Wioste Olowan Toki Ya (1:50)
4. 12/13/82 Song (3:25)
5. December Snow (1:42)
6. Winter Solstice (3:17)
7. Wioste Olowan Inkpa Ta-Ya (2:43)
8. 12/20/2 Song (2:03)
9. 11/20/82 Song (1:58)
10. 12/13/2 Song No. 2 (1:21)
11. 11/11/82 Song (1:09)
12. Death Song – Lament (6:36)
13. 10/18/82 Song (2:53)
14. Blood Round Dance Song (2:20)
15. Improvisational Melody – Impressions of Atitlán, Guatemala (1:53)
Total Time: 40:00

Cycles (1985)

Evocative music capturing the vastness and sweep of the American West and the feelings of Native Americans for their traditions and land. Eight songs for Native American flute with synthesizer accompaniment.

TRACKS:	Click below to listen.
1. Cries (3:47)
2. Elements (3:47)
3. Origins (3:52)
4. Shelter (3:59)
5. Ritual (4:02)
6. Creativity (3:59)
7. Future/Past (3:43)
8. Cycles (3:59)
Total Time: 32:35