Taj (album)
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| Taj | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Gramavision | |||
| Producer | Taj Mahal | |||
| Taj Mahal chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Taj is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. The cover photograph was by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated
- "Everybody is Somebody" (The Mighty Shadow)
- "Paradise"
- "Do I Love Her"
- "Light of the Pacific" (Toni Fonoti)
- "'Deed I Do"
- "Soothin'" (Jae Mason)
- "Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton, Sylvia Robinson)
- "Local Local Girl"
- "Kauai Kalypso"
- "French Letter" (Toni Fonoti)[1]
Personnel
[edit]- Taj Mahal - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards, lead and background vocals
- Jeanette Acosta - synthesizer
- Wayne Henderson - keyboards
- Ray Fitzpatrick - bass, percussion
- Inshirah Mahal - congas, percussion
- Larry McDonald - congas, percussion
- Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, congas, shekere, percussion
- Ralph MacDonald - congas, tambourine, percussion
- Robert Greenidge - steel drums, percussion
- Ozzie Williams - drums, DBX drum programming
- Kester Smith - drums
- Chris Simpson - nylon stringed Spanish guitar
- Tony Jones - electric bass, electric guitar
- Fred Lunt[2] - steel guitar
- Jesse Ed Davis - lead guitar
- Kenny Lee Lewis - rhythm guitar
- Reggie Lucas - guitar
- Rudy Costa - alto saxophone
- Ron Brown - tenor saxophone
- Fernando Pullum - trumpet
- Larry Gittens - trumpet
- Garnett Brown - trombone
- Duane Benjamin - trombone
- Melody McCully - background vocals
- Pamela Vincent - background vocals
- Joyce Wilson - background vocals[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taj - Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Engelhorn Descendants of Louis ENGELHORN 1844 - 1922". Theengelhornfamily.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Taj - Taj Mahal | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
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