Album Notes

Clear Water Reflections
Native American & World Flute Music

Aurally savor the chromatic tapestry woven by flutes from around the world, as they refresh and enrapture the spirit with their resonance and transcendent sonancy. Engage your being in the ethereal, prismatic rainbow of soundscapes that are sure to touch the inner recesses of your heart and mind. Journey to where your soul sails free, gliding upon the sonorous waters of musical enchantment and radiance.

Clear Water Reflections includes music of ancient and contemporary Native American flutes, Irish flute, Norwegian overtone flute (seljefløyte), Chinese dizi and xiao, bansuri, shakuhachi, ancient Mayan clay flutes, wind flute, Tarahumara drum, and the unique Dead Whistle. The beauty of these wondrous flutes is revealed in both solo and ensemble settings, with accompaniment from pipe organ, voice, cello, guitar, bass, Hang drum, bodhrán, various world percussion, udu, marxophone, dumbek, conga, and Native American frame drum. Clear Water Reflections is comprised of premier musical artists active and popular in today’s industry. The artists on this CD appeared at the July 2008 convention of The International Native American Flute Association (www.inafa.org) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

The playlist for the CD and list of musical instruments used, are as follows:

1. Summer’s Morning - R. Carlos Nakai (Native American flute)

2. The Hanging Road - Mark Holland (Native American flute), Ranya Iqbal
(cello), Aaron Burlbaw (guitar), and Ali Soltanshahi (percussion)

3. Gathering Nectar - Joseph FireCrow (Native American flute)

4. Convergence - Jan Seiden (Native American flutes) and Nanette G. Lunde
(Continuo organ by Bennett and Giuttari)

5. Over the Bog Road - Skip Healy (Irish flute) and Mark Bachand (bodhrán)

6. Dust - Michael Graham Allen [Coyote Oldman] (Anasazi flute)

7. First Lightning - Kevin Locke (Native American flute), Doug Good Feather
(vocals and drum), Gracie RedShirt Tyon (vocals), and Tom Wasinging (Native drum, bass, percussion, udu, marxophone)

8. Journey With the Spirits - Xavier Quijas Yxayotl (Mayan clay flutes, wind
flute, and Tarahumara drum)

9. Crane Refrain - Frank Montano [Anakwad] (Native American flute)

10. Two Rivers Meet - Randy Granger (Native American flute and Hang
drum)

11. Dancing Through Time - Ann Licater (Native American flute)

12. Air Brushed - Mark Holland (Native American flute), Peter Phippen
(bansuri), and N. Scott Robinson (bodhrán)

13. Mojave - Michael Graham Allen [Coyote Oldman] (Mojave flute)

14. My Hawk Has Flown - Skip Healy (Irish flute)

15. Banish Misfortune Forever - Skip Healy (Irish flute) and Mark Bachand
(bodhrán)

16. Raven Talk - R. Carlos Nakai (Native American flute)

17. For Ivar - Dr. Tim Lane (Chinese dizi)

18. Sacrifice - Peter Phippen (shakuhachi and Mayan clay flutes) and Jason
Introwitz (Nigerian drum)

19. Loon Song - Frank Montano [Anakwad] (Native American flute)

20. Dance - Tiit Raid (Norwegian seljefløyte and Native American frame
drum) and Jason Introwitz (conga and dumbek)

21. Underworld - Peter Phippen (Anasazi flute and Dead Whistle) and Sarah
Maurer (vocals)

22. Of the Sands - Jonny Lipford (Native American flute)

23. New Horizons - Bobb Fantauzzo (Chinese xiao), Aaron Kerr (cello), and
Jason Introwitz (drum kit)