| World Music | ||||
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| Released | June 1, 1993 [1] | |||
| Genre | Blues, reggae, world music | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [2] |
World Music is a compilation album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. [1]
All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated
Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and film composer. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments, often incorporating elements of world music into his work. Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his more than 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Hawaii, and the South Pacific.
Kevin Roosevelt Moore, known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician and five-time Grammy Award winner. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that travelled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America". His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz, pop and country. The moniker "Keb Mo" was coined by his original drummer, Quentin Dennard, and picked up by his record label as a "street talk" abbreviation of his given name.
John Porter is an English musician and record producer.
Michael Kelly Finnigan is an American keyboard player and vocalist, his speciality being the B3 Hammond organ. Working primarily as a freelance studio musician and touring player, he has played with a wide variety of musicians in pop, rock, blues and jazz.
The Real Thing is a double live album by Taj Mahal, released in 1971. It was recorded on February 13, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City and features Taj Mahal backed by a band that includes four tuba players.
The Natch'l Blues is the second studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1968.
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Mo' Roots is the seventh studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. The musician turned away from his normal fare to record a reggae inspired collection.
Music Keeps Me Together is the eighth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. The album was remixed at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia by Jay Mark and Carl Paruolo.
Taj's Blues is a compilation album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.
Dancing the Blues is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1993.
Mumtaz Mahal is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, N. Ravikiran and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
In Progress & In Motion: 1965-1998 is a compilation album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, which was released in 1998.
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues – Taj Mahal is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.
Blues with a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj Mahal is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.
The Essential Taj Mahal is a "best of" album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. AllMusic stated that "The Essential Taj Mahal pulls together the bluesman's Columbia, Warner, Gramavision Private Music, and Hannibal labels' recordings, making it the first truly cross-licensed compilation of his work.
The Best of Taj Mahal, Volume 1 is a blues compilation album by American Taj Mahal.
Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzornu, also known as Rocky Dijon, was a Ghanaian-born English percussionist known for his playing contributions to recordings by The Rolling Stones, Nick Drake, Ginger Baker, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston and Joe Walsh. During the 1970s he recorded extensively with Taj Mahal. Bill Wyman also enlisted him on his 1976 solo album Stone Alone.
Kester Winston "Smitty" Smith is an American percussionist. Born in Granada and raised from a young age in Trinidad, He is the drummer for the Taj Mahal Trio and has collaborated with jazz, blues and world musicians. He has performed with and alongside Taj Mahal for over forty years. He has recorded music with Taj Mahal, Geoff Muldaur, Peter Rowan, Cedella Booker, Morgan Freeman, Ellen McIlwaine, Mary Coughlan and Pinetop Perkins.
TajMo is a joint album by the American blues musicians Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. It was released May 5, 2017, and won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. TajMo is the twenty-sixth studio album by Taj Mahal and the thirteenth by Keb' Mo'.
