Key facts
- Born
- Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. , ( 1942-05-17 ) May 17, 1942 (age 84) , Harlem, Manhattan , New York City, U.S.
- Spouses
- Anna de Leon Inshirah Mahal ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
- Relatives
- Carole Fredericks (sister) Aya de Leon (daughter) Deva Mahal (daughter)
- Genres
- Blues blues rock R&B reggae jazz country blues world music
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar banjo harmonica piano
- Years active
- 1964–present
- Labels
- Columbia Warner Bros. Gramavision Hannibal Ruf Private Music
- Formerly of
- The Rising Sons
- Website
- tajblues .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- banjo
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.tajblues.com
- Image
- Taj Mahal (musician).jpg
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- Commons category
- Taj Mahal (musician)
- social media followers
- 27200
- date of birth
- 1942-05-17
- different from
- Taj Mahal
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. (born May 17, 1942), 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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taj Mahal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.