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Ed Lee Natay
12+ albums
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Native American music has been the focus Canyon Records since 1951. The styles of Native American music Canyon Records has produced for almost sixty years include Native American flute music, pow-wow, Native American Church music, round dance, traditional Native American music from many American Indian and Canadian Indian nations and fusions of Native American music with genres like folk, jazz, country and most recently, classical music. The involvement of Canyon Records with Native American music began in 1951 with the release of Natay, Navajo Singer by one of the greatest singers of Native American music, Ed Lee Natay. Canyon Records was founded by Ray and Mary Boley who had opened the first recording studio in Phoenix in 1948. Ray was asked by the Phoenix Little Theater to record Ed Lee Natay for a production that needed Native American music. The Boleys were so impressed by Natay’s singing and his mastery of Navajo music and of Native American music from other tribes that they wanted world to hear his voice. They released Natay, Navajo Singer at the 1951 Arizona State Fair. For most people, this recording of Native American music was an oddity. For American Indians, this initial recording by Canyon Records was the first time they had seen American Indian music on a record. Interest from American Indians ran strong, and a Hopi jewelry maker in a booth next to the Boleys recommended they record Native American music from the Hopi people. The Boleys began to spend
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Natay, Navajo Singer
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Native American Music
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The Rough Guide to Native American Music
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Rough Guide to Native American Music
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Voices Of Forgotten Worlds (Disc 2)
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Traditional Navajo Songs
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Rough Guide - Native American
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1998 - The Rough Guide to The Music of Native American Music
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Traditional Voices - Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music
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Navajo Singer
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Voices Of Forgotten Worlds [Disc 2]
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Traditional Voices: Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music