Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born 1942), known as Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician and multi-instrumentalist noted for blending traditional blues with soul, reggae and world music.

Born 1942 in Harlem; formed the Rising Sons with Ry Cooder (1965); plays harmonica, guitar, banjo, piano and dobro; early collaborations include Ry Cooder and Jesse Ed Davis; Al Kooper guested on The Natch'l Blues; Maestro features collaborations with Ziggy Marley, Angelique Kidjo and Ben Harper; Señor Blues won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Four positive reviews highlight Taj Mahal's role as a multi-instrumentalist and innovator in blues and roots music. Reviews praise albums such as Taj Mahal, The Natch'l Blues, Señor Blues and Maestro. Critics note his collaborations (Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis, Al Kooper) and his blending of blues with soul, reggae and world music.

For:Fans of blues, roots, and world music; listeners interested in multi-instrumentalists and classic blues records.

 Among the most forgotten and underrated characters in American blues, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks was born in 1942 in Harlem to a jazz pianist father and a gospel singing teacher mother.

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 A debut with a bang.

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 Paying homage to Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye, passing through T-Bone Walker and jazz pianist Horace Silver, Taj Mahal creates a homogeneous album (winner of a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album) despite the diversity of genres interpreted, fun and fresh from the first to the last note.

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 The 2008 gifted us with an album created to celebrate the forty-year career of one of the greatest bluesmen of all time, undoubtedly the most open to contaminations.

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