Biography
Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., better known by his stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments along with singing and whistling, 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Americana Lifetime Achievement Award — Performance · 2014
- Blues Music Award
- Maple Blues Awards
Filmography28 titles
David Holt's State of Music
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
Peep and the Big Wide World
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
Sounder
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
The People Speak
Scrapple
Arthur
Party of Five
Saturday Night Live
Once Were Brothers
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Scott Joplin
Austin City Limits
Songcatcher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Six Days Seven Nights
Zebrahead
Flip
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Brothers
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings