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Maestro is a look at 40 years of Taj Mahal's friends, family, influences and danceable music.
Maestro: Scratch My Back, Never Let You Go, Dust Me Down, Further Down the Road, Black M, Brown M, Zanzibar, TV Mama, I Can Make You Happy, Slow Drag, Hello Josephine, Strong Man Holler, Diddy Wah Diddy
Personnel: Taj Mahal: vocals, guitar, Ukulele, harmonica, banjo, Deva Mahal: Background vocals Phantom Blues Band: Larry Fulcher: Bass, Tony Braunagel: Drums Johnny Lee Schell: guitar; Mike Finnigan: Keyboards, Joe Sublett: tenor saxophone; Darrell Leonard: Trumpet, Los Lobos: David Hidalgo: guitar, Cesar Rosas: Guitar, Louie Perez: Jarana, Conrad Lozano: Bass; Steve Berlin: Organ; Cougar Estrada: Drums, Angela Wellman: trombone, Ben Harper: Vocals, Band: Jason Yates: Keyboards, Michael Jerome: drums, percussion, Jesse Ingalls: Bass; CC White: Background vocals Pebbles Phillips, background vocals Jack Johnson: vocals Ziggy Marley: Vocals, Rudy Costa: Alto Saxophone; Sanat Carlton Davis: Drums, Michael Hyde: Keyboards; Tracy Hazzard: Backing Vocals, Takeshi Akimoto: Guitar, Angel Roche: Percussion, Paul "Pablo" Stennett: Bass, Angelique Kidjo: Vocals, Toumani Diabate: kora; Bill Rich: bass, Kester Smith: drums, percussion, Bassekou Kouyate: Ngoni, Debra Dobkin: Percussion; New Orleans Social Club: Ivan Neville: B3 organ, George Porter: Bass, Leo Nocentelli: Guitar, Henry Butler: Piano, Raymond Weber: Drums, Mick Weaver: B3 organ, Billy Branch: Harmonica
Maestro Taj Mahal is a celebration of 40 years of music and brand Taj's first U.S. release in five years and his debut release on the Heads Up label. Maestro brings four decades of music, four decades of the musical world and wash reporting influences, four decades of digging in the depths of melody and rhythm, and four decades of friendship, respect and cooperation. Staying true to his belief that music is danceable, Maestro will surely have you rolling up the RUG.
Maestro is like a twelve-act play tells the story of the Taj's 40-year musical journey. The lead track is the cover of Scratch My Back, written by James Moore and made famous by Otis Redding. Taj, at an early age, was a member of the opening band at a concert and Otis Redding as Taj States Otis on, "his fiery stage performances grabbed me," and his cover of Scratch My Back these affects hearing by his commanding vocals with the help of the Phantom Blues Band. The journey continues from his time in Hawaii with the Taj on ukulele with the help of family in the form of backing vocals from his daughter Deva Mahal as they co-wrote Never Let You Go with friends from the band Los Lobos.
Long time friend Ben Harper joins Taj as they raze song Ben's Dust Me Down with the aid of a Who's Who of musicians (Jason Yates, Michael Jerome, Jason Mozersky, Jess Ingalls, CC White, Pebbles and Phillips). Taj's Further Down the Road Jack Johnson is pleased to Taj addition to singing vocals, harmonica, banjo, and together with the Phantom Blues Band. From the years 1970, Black M, Brown M written by Taj from his Caribbean, African, Latin, and reggae influences, and he is accompanied by Ziggy Marley and his band. Turning to another chapter of his life and music is the African Zanzibar track Taj co-wrote with Angelique Kidjo and has Toumani Diabate playing the kora, a 21-string harp from West Africa.
The spirited whiskey blues song Mama TV Taj reunited with Los Lobos, the track I Can Make You Happy replaced with Taj's gritty vocals belting out "I can make you happy, sad I can," with the support of the extraordinary New Orleans Social Club. The song is a tribute to Hello Josephine Fats Domino and he is again supported by the New Orleans Social Club.
The release includes a few tracks Taj, Slow Drag Backwoods an Appalachian song with Taj on banjo, and Strong Man Holler with deep soulful vocals Taj's blues. Maestro saves best for last with the cover of Diddy Wah Diddy as Taj vocals and harmonica, along with his Phantom Blues Band Road House fire on this track, and true to his faith, will you dance.
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