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Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments), Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific.
Awards
Taj Mahal has received two Grammy Awards (nine nominations) over his career.
1997 (Grammy Award) Best Contemporary Blues Album for Señor Blues 2000 (Grammy Award) Best Contemporary Blues Album for Shoutin' in Key 2006 (Blues Music Awards) Historical Album of the Year for The Essential Taj Mahal 2008 (Grammy Nomination) Best Contemporary Blues Album for Maestro
On February 8, 2006 Taj Mahal was designated the official Blues Artist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In March 2006, Taj Mahal, along with his sister, the late Carole Fredericks, received the Foreign Language Advocacy Award from the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of their commitment to shine a spotlight on the vast potential of music to foster genuine intercultural communication.
On May 22, 2011, Taj Mahal received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He also made brief remarks and performed three songs. A video of the performance can be found online.
In 2014, Taj Mahal received the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement award. Discography
Albums
1968 – Taj Mahal 1968 – The Natch'l Blues 1969 – Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home 1971 – Happy Just to Be Like I Am 1972 – Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff 1972 – Sounder 1973 – Oooh So Good 'n Blues 1974 – Mo' Roots 1975 – Music Keeps Me Together 1976 – Satisfied 'N Tickled Too 1976 – Music Fuh Ya' 1977 – Brothers 1977 – Evolution 1987 – Taj 1988 – Shake Sugaree 1991 – Mule Bone 1991 – Like Never Before 1993 – Dancing the Blues 1995 – Mumtaz Mahal (with V.M. Bhatt and N. Ravikiran) 1996 – Phantom Blues 1997 – Señor Blues 1998 – Sacred Island aka Hula Blues (with The Hula Blues Band) 1999 – Kulanjan (with Toumani Diabaté) 2001 – Hanapepe Dream (with The Hula Blues Band) 2005 – Mkutano Meets the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar 2008 – Maestro 2017 - TajMo (with Keb' Mo')
Live albums
1971 – The Real Thing 1972 – Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff 1972 – Big Sur Festival - One Hand Clapping 1979 – Live & Direct 1990 – Live at Ronnie Scott's 1996 – An Evening of Acoustic Music 2000 – Shoutin' in Key 2004 – Live Catch
Compilation albums
1980 – Going Home 1981 – The Best of Taj Mahal, Volume 1 – Columbia Records 1992 – Taj's Blues 1993 – World Music 1998 – In Progress & In Motion: 1965-1998 1999 – Blue Light Boogie 2000 – The Best of Taj Mahal 2000 – The Best of the Private Years 2001 – Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings 2003 – Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Taj Mahal 2003 – Blues with a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj Mahal 2005 – The Essential Taj Mahal 2012 – Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal
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