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 Peter
Kater (Pianist, Composer, Producer) and R. Carlos Nakai (Flutist,
Percussionist, Composer, Vocalist) have sold 600,000+ copies of their
first six musical collaborations. Four of these albums have reached
the Top 15 in Billboard's New Age chart. Kater & Nakai are often
credited as the original duo who helped propel the popularity of the
'Contemporary Native American' music genre, by melding the styles and
sounds of contemporary European with traditional Native American
instruments.
"Together they
enter contemplative chambers with flutes calling out into the darkness
and piano sounding like rain in slow motion."
-CD Review
Kater & Nakai first crossed paths in the late eighties, as Nakai was
garnering accolades as the world's premier Native performer. Kater was
so inspired by Nakai's music that he asked him to record a track,
'Shaman's Call,' for Kater's 1989 release "Homage." The following
year, in 1990, Kater asked Nakai to collaborate again, this time on an
entire album which became "Natives." |
