Dancing the Blues
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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Taj Mahal has always been a more inclusive, eclectic musician than even some admirers understand; his work was never simply or totally blues, even though that strain was at the center and seldom...
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Peace Is the World Smiling
Released: 1989
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Released: 1989
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Peace Is the World Smiling is a sweet, good-natured project by Taj Mahal, Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and many others that is directed toward world peace. Some of the tracks...
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Giant Step
Released: 1968
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Released: 1968
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In less than 24 months, Taj Mahal (guitars/vocals/banjo/harmonica) had issued the equivalent of four respective long players. The electric Giant Step (1968) was released alongside the acoustic and...
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Happy Just to Be Like I Am
Released: 1971
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Released: 1971
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With Happy Just to Be Like I Am, Taj Mahal offers another (possibly his most effective) course in roots music, this time dabbling in Caribbean rhythms in addition to his more-or-less standard take...
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Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
Released: 1972
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Released: 1972
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The title Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff certainly sums up the album quite well -- that's exactly what Taj Mahal has been doing for several years by this point. The first side features...
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Sounder
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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On his first film score, Sounder, Taj Mahal mixes a handful of originals with fragmented sound effects and incidental passages. Certainly not an easy listen, this is one of his more indulgent...
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Ooh So Good 'N' Blues
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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Ooh So Good 'N' Blues, takes a more straightahead approach that, with the exception of the the jazzy mis-step titled "Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune," keeps the experimentation down to a minimum. As a...
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