# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-carlos-nakai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:53:00.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-carlos-nakai"
name: "R. Carlos Nakai"
slug: "r-carlos-nakai"
description: "Raymond Carlos Nakai is an American flutist. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a two-year period in the United States Navy. He began playing a traditional Native American cedar flute after an accident left him unable to play the trumpet. Largely self-taught, he released his first album Changes in 1983, and afterward signed a contract with Canyon Records, which produced more than 30 of his albums in subsequent years. His music features original compositions for the flute inspired by traditional Native American melodies. Nakai has collaborated with musicians William Eaton, Peter Kater, Philip Glass, Nawang Khechog, Paul Horn, and Keola Beamer. He has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his albums."
tagline: "American Native flutist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos_Nakai_no_concerto_em_Moscovo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.240716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "663271660362749"
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    handle:    "nm0620021"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "آر. كارلوس ناكاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R. Carlos Nakai"
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    title: "Carlos Nakai"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carlos_Nakai"
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    title: "R. Carlos Nakai"
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    title: "Накаи, Карлос"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump