''Taj'' is an
album
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by American
blues artist
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...
. The cover photograph was by
Robert Mapplethorpe
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.
Track listing
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)
Personnel
* 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
Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.
His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gramm ...
- 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 - 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
Garnett Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was a jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arkan ...
- trombone
* Duane Benjamin - trombone
* Melody McCully - background vocals
* Pamela Vincent - background vocals
* Joyce Wilson - background vocals
References
1987 albums
Taj Mahal (musician) albums
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