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 People of Peace  

People of Peace
R. Carlos Nakai

Canyon Records, 2005

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The Quartet has always been the least satisfying of R. Carlos Nakai's ensemble configurations. On People of Peace, Nakai and bassist/singer Mary Redhouse indulge their jazz backgrounds, while multi-instrumentalist AmoChip Dabney gets funky. The result is neither funk nor jazz, but sounds more like a white-collar professional loosening his tie and getting down: feels good for him, but no one else is convinced. People of Peace has many moments like that, exemplified by the ersatz Weather Report-style jazz of "Gnu H2O" and "Club Dread" which, despite its reggae name, is more Afro-Cuban than Jamaican, but really succeeds at being neither.

As a pianist, Dabney is lockjaw stiff. But as producer, he has taken much of People of Peace into a more ethereal, world-music direction, with spare, ghostly chants, percussive echoes, and Nakai's flutes reverberating through a virtual kiva. Tracks like the haunting chant "E'she'no," complete with drum & bass break in the middle, and "Native Tongue," featuring the ambience of Will Clipman's udu drum, seem to have stronger centers. But the RCNQ usually throws in the kitchen sink with too many dirty dishes. --John Diliberto


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True People of Peace

Can't agree with Diliberto's review here.
The pulse of this music is as the heartbeat and, so these musicians are the great interpreters of life. In this CD RCNQ makes Peoples of the world come together to honor the world music and all of the World's Nations as well as a deep feeling of total communication. So, they are making a true cause for peace in our time. This is my humble interpretation of what "People of Peace" is all about. Thank you guys for allowing us all this great opportunity. Keep on!!


Love these folks But Too Much Discord

I love Native American music - especially woodwinds. Nakai is one of my favorites. However, "People of Peace" does not measure up to my favorite cloud riding and early morning appreciation of wildlife and sunrises - far too much discord. This is not relaxing. This makes me want to go on the warpath instead of loving my fellow man.

I tried to write them after I bought it, but couldn't find an address or e-mail. If someone could relay this: "Carlos, please, give us what you do best - wind and rain - not hard jazz."

Dr Dram Buie


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Tracks
Wingyaa | Trade Winds | Flute Forest | Kiva Smoke | E'she'no - R. Carlos Nakai, Dabney, Amo Chip | Gnu H2O | Taos Thunder | Condor Canyon | Club Dread - R. Carlos Nakai, Dabney, Amo Chip | Native Tongue | People of Peace | Cedar and Clay



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