Tony Hymas Oyaté

Disc: 1

1. Rapid Creek - Bonnie Jo Hunt, Tony Hymas,

2. Crazy Horse

3. Tashunka Witko

4. Manuelito

5. Satanta

6. Say Tey Ti

7. Naudah Cynthia

8. Quanah Parker

9. Medicine Stars

10. Chief Joseph

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Disc: 2

1. Black Kettle

2. Mahpiya Luta

3. Red Cloud

4. Geronimo

5. Guipago

6. Lone Wolf

7. Cochise

8. Chief Song - Kevin Locke

9. Sitting Bull

10. Dreamer of Visions

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Why did I wait ten years to review this disc?
A tribute to Native American legends. Not a rock album.

Oyate

Manufacturer: Pelican Sound Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007NRJ
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

Crazy Horse: Rapid Creek
Crazy Horse: Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse: Tashunka Witko
Manuelito: Manuelito
Satanta: Satanta
Satanta: Say Tey Ti
Quanah Parker: Naudah Cynthia
Quanah Parker: Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker: Medicine Stars
Chief Joseph: Chief Joseph
Captain Jack: Captain Jack
Captain Jack: Kintpuash
Black Kettle: Black Kettle
Red Cloud: Mahpiya Luta
Red Cloud: Red Cloud
Geronimo: Geronimo
Lone Wolf: Guipago
Lone Wolf: Lone Wolf
Cochise: Cochise
Sitting Bull: Chief Song
Sitting Bull: Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull: Dreamer Of Visions
Sitting Bull: Honor Song For Sitting Bull

Album Description

Oyaté is a tribute to twelve great Native American Indian Chiefs. Great European rock and jazz performers such as Jeff Beck, Mike Cooper, Hugh Burns and Tony Coe (both of the Lonely Bears) join together with Native American luminaries like John Trudell, Carlos Nakai, Barney Bush and Kevin Locke to honor the spirits of Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Captain Jack, Geronimo, Sitting Bull and seven other great chiefs who contributed to the spiritual and political leadership of their tribes.

From the signature guitar sound of Jeff Beck on "Crazy Horse" to the gentle piano of Tony Hymas on "Say Tey Ti" to the inspiring flute of Kevin Locke on "Chief Song" (written by Sitting Bull); Oyaté will reward listeners with a variety of musical textures. The mixture of rock, jazz, modern classical and folk music will keep the attention of the listener as a serious musical concept, as well as an easy to listen to album.

Customer Reviews:

Why did I wait ten years to review this disc?.......2004-02-21

Because I'm dense, thick-headed, that's why. Sometimes it just takes me forever to find the right interpretive approach to music. There's really no excuse for this dimwittedness, except, perhaps--and this is a stretch--there's just not a lot of analogs of this stuff out there. I also confess to a deep-seated tendency to let expectations swamp my ability to encounter unheard musics without prejudice. Something I'm working on, but something that, admittedly, causes this weird delayed-appreciation effect.

Still, let's face it. Native American/jazz discs are rare. Perhaps the closest analog to this fine music is Don Pullen's last recording before he succumbed to lymphoma, Sacred Common Ground. And, of course, many of the records in Jim Pepper's extensive discography.

Let me be completely out front. As a Catholic Christian, I struggle with Native American sensibilities. I understand there are touchpoints between Catholicism and Native American religious understandings, but my difficulty with aboriginal American music is probably as much aesthetic as theological: I just don't get the whole tribal chant thing.

Why am I so taken with this disc then (as well as with Sacred Common Ground and all of Jim Pepper's music)? After all, what we're dealing with here is, substantially, Indian chant.

You know, I just can't explain exactly what it is. Perhaps it's Tony Hymas's brilliant reinterpretation and representation of Native American sensibilities. Perhaps it took a foreigner, a Brit, of all things, the genius behind that wacko fusion group, The Lonely Bears, to contextualize this vibe in a form that makes sense aurally, sensually, intellectually, and aesthetically.

All I know is that this disc is a revelation. Such a deeply authentic Native American sensibility mapped onto an authentic jazz/funk vibe. Works for me. In spades.

This stuff is so mesmeric it's scary. Yes, listen to it driving thru Wyoming at night. But also around a fire in the Upper Peninsula, in the Redwoods in NorCal, in the Dakota Badlands, and in the middle of NYC.

Suffice it to say that there's a sound palette and vibe found nowhere else on recorded music (check out the spectacular soundscape on "Tashunka Witko," something R. Carlos Nakai could never imagine in his wildest dreams).

As any of you know who've read my "jazz beat" or "world jazz" reviews, I'm maybe the world's greatest fan of this music when it works right--as it does here with astounding originality.

I would recommend this music to just about anyone, save those who're constitutionally opposed to Native American sensibilities.

A tribute to Native American legends. Not a rock album........2001-03-03

For anyone who thinks this is something along the lines of Hymas' rock/fusion collaborations with Jeff Beck, forget it. This is a 2 CD tribute to Native American greats such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, etc. Comes across like a epic soundtrack of incidental music, symphonic interludes, Native American chants, poetry, Native American instruments. Beck guests on two cuts, but doesn't make much of an impact.

If you are fascinated by Native American culture, you may be intrigued. Listen to this while driving through Wyoming at night and it will give you chills. Otherwise, it is not for the average listener.

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Manufacturer: Magna Carta
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Tony Hymas Oyaté
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Tony Hymas Oyate
Manufacturer: Nato
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000027J3Y
Release Date: 1990-01-01