Native American Voyager Encounters Jewish Music

R. Carlos Nakai & Udi Bar-David

Voyagers (Canyon CR7078, 2007)

Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai has collaborated wit musicians form many different cultures. He is a prolific artists who enjoys making traditional music as well as fusions of many kinds.

On Voyagers , Nakai collaborates with Israeli cellist Udi Bar-David. The chamber music collaboration includes Nakai and Bar-David as a duet on most of the pieces, although Will Clipman joins the duo in some compositions.

Advertised as a Native American-Jewish collaboration, in reality the music selection includes meditative Native American, Jewish, Arabic and Turkish melodies with contemporary arrangements.

 

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Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.

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