R. Carlos Nakai
The Navajo Nation's R. Carlos Nakai is the world's premier Native American flautist.
In Native American tradition, no two flutes are the same. They are all hand-hewn and measured.
Nakai has said that he sees each flute "as a sound sculpture - a piece of art that also creates sound."
Nakai is classically trained, and plays with jazz ensembles and other world music musicians to boot.
