Taj Mahal (musician) Taj Mahal (musician) Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works and 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. Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. on May 17, 1942, in Harlem,
Maestro (Taj Mahal album) Other guest appearances include Angélique Kidjo (on "Zanzibar") and Ziggy Marley (on "Black Man, Brown Man"). Furthermore, Taj Mahal teams up again with the Phantom Blues Band (with whom he had recorded the Grammy nominated albums "Señor Blues" and "Shoutin' in Key"), Toumani Diabaté (with whom he had recorded the album "Kulanjan") and his daughter, singer-songwriter Deva Mahal (with whom he had recorded several children's albums in the past). Maestro (Taj Mahal album) Maestro is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. It was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards (but lost out to