
Artist
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is a blues artist formed in 1942. 61 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 61
- Releases
- 1960–2026
- Active years
- 1942
- Formed

Artist
Taj Mahal is a blues artist formed in 1942. 61 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Most popular
GET ON BOARD
2022

Taj Mahal
1968

The Natch'l Blues
1968

The Real Thing
1971

Maestro
2008

Mo' Roots
1974

Music Fuh Ya' (Musica Para Tu)
1977

Happy Just to Be Like I Am
1971

Phantom Blues
1996

Shake Sugaree: Taj Mahal Sings and Plays for Children
1988

Señor Blues
1997

Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa
2024

Live
2024

Savoy
2023

Smilin' Island Of Song
2020

Queen Bee
2018

Sounder (Soundtrack)
2016

Brothers (Original Soundtrack)
2015

John Lee Hooker / In Good Company: Live at the House of Blues 1995
2015

Talkin' Christmas!
2014

Shakin' A Tailfeather
2014

The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal
2012

Music Keeps Me Together
2009
World Blues
2007
Oooh So Good'n Blues / Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
2007

Songs For The Young At Heart: Taj Mahal
2006

The Essential Taj Mahal
2005

Sugar Mama Blues
2004

Blues With A Feeling
2003

The Essential
2003

In Progress & In Motion (1965-1998)
1998

Sacred Island
1998
Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues
1997

Giant Steps/De Old Folks At Home
1995
Dancing the Blues
1993

World Music
1993

Taj'S Blues
1992
Mule Bone
1991

Like Never Before
1991

The Best Of Taj Mahal
1990

Giant Step
1989

The Best Of Taj Mahal Volume I
1987

Evolution (The Most Recent)
1978

Satisfied 'N Tickled Too
1976
Ooh So Good 'N' Blues
1973

Oooh So Good 'N Blues
1973

Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
1972
Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff
1972
Giant Step / De Ole Folks at Home
1969

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Taj Mahal
1960

Wild About My Lovin'
Single · 2026

Time
Single · 2026

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Single · 2023

I'm Just A Lucky So and So
Single · 2023

Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
Single · 2023

Hooray Hooray
Single · 2022

I Shall Not Be Moved
Single · 2022

Above That (Black Joy)
Single · 2022

Pick a Bale of Cotton
Single · 2022

Baby, It's Cold Outside
Single · 2022

Checkin' Up On My Baby (Live)
Single · 2019
w/ Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Maison symphonique de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, 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. Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. on May 17, 1942 in Harlem, New York, Mahal grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Raised in a musical environment, his mother was the member of a local gospel choir and his father was a West Indian jazz arranger and piano player. His family owned a shortwave radio which received music broadcasts from around the world, exposing him at an early age to world music. Early in childhood he recognized the stark differences between the popular music of his day and the music that was played in his home. He also became interested in jazz, enjoying the works of musicians such as Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Milt…